Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 17:54:05 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> To: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>, Holtor <holtor@yahoo.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DES & MD5? Message-ID: <5781.929494445@zippy.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 16 Jun 1999 09:36:59 %2B0930." <Pine.OSF.4.10.9906160933130.22473-100000@bragg>
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> So you can mix and match any passwords your crypt() knows how to parse. The > only problem is that standrd FreeBSD doesn't have a way to select which > password scheme you want: if you install the DES sources, you get DES > passwords, otherwise MD5, for your new passwords. > While certainly in the category of "evil temporary hack", I can say that /etc/auth.conf makes the above statement somewhat incorrect. :) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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