Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 10:48:30 +0800 (CST) From: Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw> To: Yen-Wei Liu <ywliu@psi.wsl.sinica.edu.tw> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UNIX crypt() source - the problem solved (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950604104555.14315B-100000@leo> In-Reply-To: <199506031432.OAA18384@psi.wsl.sinica.edu.tw>
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On Sat, 3 Jun 1995, Yen-Wei Liu wrote:
>
> There is another question here : I am compiling PINE/IMAPD on FreeBSD 2.0.
> IMAPD requires crypt(). Unfortunately there is only MD5 on my systems.
> Now I wonder if there is a wrapper function named crypt() which take
> advantage of MD5 rather than DES ? If no, I either write my own or
> apply secdist.
I don't think the Pine client itself requires that crypt() use DES
(pretty sure imapd doesn't either, but I haven't looked). My
/usr/lib/libcrypt* is symlinked to /usr/lib/libscrypt*. Pine 3.91
builds and runs just fine on my FreeBSD machines at IBMS (we use it to
connect to gate's IMAP server).
--
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org
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