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Date:      Sat, 30 Dec 2017 23:01:13 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org>
To:        doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r51349 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq
Message-ID:  <201712302301.vBUN1Dq7080308@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: eadler
Date: Sat Dec 30 23:01:13 2017
New Revision: 51349
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/51349

Log:
  FAQ: wordsmith password hashing

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Sat Dec 30 22:56:56 2017	(r51348)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Sat Dec 30 23:01:13 2017	(r51349)
@@ -1311,11 +1311,11 @@
 	</question>
 
 	<answer>
-	  <para>&os;&nbsp;9 and later use
+	  <para>&os; uses
 	    <emphasis>SHA512</emphasis> by
 	    default.  DES
 	    passwords are still available for backwards compatibility
-	    with legacy operating systems which still
+	    with operating systems that still
 	    use the less secure password format.  &os; also supports
 	    the Blowfish and MD5 password formats.  Which
 	    password format to use for new passwords is controlled by



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