From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 20 3: 2:34 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF90C1530B for ; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 03:00:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.11 #1) id 1200Xl-000MPa-00; Mon, 20 Dec 1999 12:59:57 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Nick Slager Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MD5 - Is there life after DES? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 20 Dec 1999 21:33:23 +1100." <19991220213323.A14566@albury.net.au> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 12:59:56 +0200 Message-ID: <86153.945687596@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 21:33:23 +1100, Nick Slager wrote: > So: is there a way to have both DES and MD5 support on a box, but > have MD5 as the default? This would sort of be the reverse of the > current situation, where MD5 and DES libs are both installed, but DES > is default. We really only want DES as a legacy, "if we must" option. At this stage, no. In the future, this will be possible. There are hack-arounds for forcing the use of an MD5 password for an individual account, but they involve cooperation between the admin and the user. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message