From owner-freebsd-security Tue Oct 5 14: 0:41 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from dvutavr.carrier.kiev.ua (dvutavr.carrier.kiev.ua [193.193.193.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDF9D15660 for ; Tue, 5 Oct 1999 14:00:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nfb@nn.kiev.ua) Received: from kozlik.carrier.kiev.ua (kozlik.carrier.kiev.ua [193.193.193.111]) by dvutavr.carrier.kiev.ua (8.Who.Cares/Kilkenny_is_better) with ESMTP id AAA29188 for ; Wed, 6 Oct 1999 00:00:04 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from nfb@nn.kiev.ua) Received: from nn.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by kozlik.carrier.kiev.ua (8.The.Best/UUCP_FOREVER) with UUCP id XWY20836 for freebsd-security@freebsd.org; Tue, 5 Oct 1999 23:59:39 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from nfb@nn.kiev.ua) Received: from nn.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by kozlik.carrier.kiev.ua (rmail mypid=20835 childpid=20836) with UUCP; Tue, 05 Oct 1999 20:59:39 +0000 GMT Received: by nn.kiev.ua (UUPC/@ v7.00, 29Jul97) id AA06197; Tue, 5 Oct 1999 23:49:51 +0300 (EDT) To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Comment-To: Kris Kennaway References: Message-ID: From: "Valentin Nechayev" Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 23:49:51 +0300 (EDT) X-Mailer: dMail [Demos Mail for DOS v2.06] Subject: Re: Long username/password MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 18 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Kris Kennaway wrote: > > FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE. What can I make usernames and passwords longer than 8 > > bytes? > > Don't install the DES libcrypt libraries; DES passwords are 8 characters, > MD5 are (effectively) infinite. Long user names are already supported, I > do believe. Why current code creates new crypts in DES by default, when DES library is present? Suppose that one must support DES crypts but want create only MD5 crypts, or create MD5 crypts in cases of password absence. Imho such situation is typical and normal. -- NN To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message