Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 15:25:00 -0400 (EDT) From: andrewr <andrewr@slack.net> To: David Mazieres <dm@reeducation-labor.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: phk@critter.freebsd.dk, peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au, adam@homeport.org, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, provos@openbsd.org Subject: Re: Blowfish/Twofish Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990503152350.29864A-100000@brooklyn.slack.net> In-Reply-To: <199905031554.LAA09846@reeducation-labor.lcs.mit.edu>
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> You could easily create an implementation of bcrypt that could not be > used as a block cipher. What exactly is magically blessed about MD5? > MD5's compression function (or MD5 itself) functions perfectly well as > a block cipher in OFB or CFB modes. Is there some directive from the > US government allowing the export of MD5 in source form? Are you suggesting the use of MD5? Im assuming it would be bad to use MD5 because it is much quicker for one to possibly crack users passwords.. -Andrew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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