Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 17:35:21 +0100 From: Ceri <ceri@techsupport.co.uk> To: Olivier Nicole <Olivier.Nicole@ait.ac.th> Cc: david@slis-two.lis.fsu.edu, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Encrypted passwords Message-ID: <20010606173521.A23780@cartman.techsupport.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200106061631.XAA02279@bazooka.cs.ait.ac.th>; from Olivier.Nicole@ait.ac.th on Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 11:31:27PM %2B0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.30_heb2.09.0106061220000.50496-100000@slis-two.lis.fsu.edu> <200106061631.XAA02279@bazooka.cs.ait.ac.th>
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On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 11:31:27PM +0700, Olivier Nicole said: > > I wonder if crypt in Perl corresponds to crypt(3). There must b some > reason somewhere... Yeah, of course it does : setantae@shaft setantae$ perldoc -f crypt crypt PLAINTEXT,SALT Encrypts a string exactly like the crypt(3) function in the C library (assuming that you actually have a version there that has not been extirpated as a potential munition). This can prove useful for checking the password file for lousy passwords, amongst other things. Only the guys wearing white hats should do this Ceri -- I probably wouldn't like you. Really. I really probably wouldn't like you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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