Date: 07 Apr 1999 11:14:37 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Anders Andersson <anders@sanyusan.se> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DES from source? Message-ID: <xzp3e2crdvm.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Anders Andersson's message of "Wed, 7 Apr 1999 10:51:26 %2B0200" References: <19990403122221.A12230@sanyusan.se> <xzplng9oh01.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <19990407105126.A6886@sanyusan.se>
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Anders Andersson <anders@sanyusan.se> writes: > Maybe I just should purify my network to loose those DES boxes and run > FreeBSD md5 native only, that would be more secure and faster right? More secure and *slower*. When it comes to password hashing, slower is better, because it makes brute force and dictionary attacks more expensive. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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