Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 20:42:24 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Cory Kempf <ckempf@enigami.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MD5 v. DES? Message-ID: <399.896467344@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "29 May 1998 10:52:00 EDT." <x7ra1d5dv3.fsf_-_@singularity.enigami.com>
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In message <x7ra1d5dv3.fsf_-_@singularity.enigami.com>, Cory Kempf writes: >dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav ) writes: >>Hostas Red <kong@kong.spb.ru> writes: >>Search for "MD5" in the freebsd-current archive. What has happened is >>that your system has mistakenly switched to using MD5 passwords >>instead of DES passwords. This problem was identified (and solved?) a >>few days ago. > >Is there a discussion somewhere about the merits of MD5 v. DES? >E.g. what advantages one has over the other? MD5 is more resilient against dictionary based brute force cracking attempts. MD5 can be exported. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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