Date: 17 Dec 1998 07:35:39 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: sporkl@ix.netcom.com Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, Imran Aslam <imran@orangenet.co.uk>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: DES to MD5 Message-ID: <xzphfuvi8ck.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Spike Gronim's message of "Wed, 16 Dec 1998 19:50:01 -0500 (EST)" References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981216194848.399B-100000@PigStuy.dyn.ml.org>
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Spike Gronim <spork@ix.netcom.com> writes: > On 16 Dec 1998, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > 2) FreeBSD supports DES passwords just fine, if you install the DES > > libraries (the installation utility will ask you whether or not you > > want to install them), but FreeBSD password files have a few more > > fields than Linux password files. See the passwd(5) man page. > > How do I tell if my system is using DES or MD5? Is there a way to switch > types of encryption once the system is installed? (I know I would have to > re-enter my passwords in order to do this) MD5 is always there; if you install the DES libraries you will have DES support in addition to MD5 support. You can switch from MD5 to DES effortlessly since you don't need to change your MD5 passwords. Switching the other way is more difficult. I'm not certain how to control which encryption is used by default; ISTR that if DES support is available, it becomes the default, but I don't know if or how that can be overridden. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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