From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 15 15:10:06 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFA5816A4C0 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 15:10:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from util.inch.com (ns.inch.com [216.223.192.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFD5743F93 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 15:10:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from spork@inch.com) Received: from shell.inch.com (www.inch.com [216.223.192.20]) h8FMA5VL082229 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 18:10:05 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from spork@inch.com) Received: from shell.inch.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by shell.inch.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h8FMA4if095385 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 18:10:04 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from spork@inch.com) Received: from localhost (spork@localhost)h8FMA48q095381 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2003 18:10:04 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: shell.inch.com: spork owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 18:10:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Sprickman To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030915180717.H60189@shell.inch.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: md5 salt X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Security issues [members-only posting] List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 22:10:07 -0000 Hi, I was looking at the crypt(3) manpage, and I'm having a hard time figuring out what the allowed characters are for the salt in md5 and blowfish encryption. For DES, it clearly states that only numbers, letters and digits may be used. Does anyone know the rules for md5/blowfish salt characters? Thanks, Charles -- Charles Sprickman spork@inch.com