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Date:      Thu, 20 Aug 1998 15:38:44 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Web Server Linux to FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.HPP.3.96.980820153754.12595B-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <13787.62792.159201.16202@neuron.webmore.de>

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To my knowledge there is NO way to convert between DES and MD5, short of
cracking and then re-encrypting.

On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Malte Lance wrote:

> There is more than this. There is an essential difference
> between DES-encryption and MD5-encryption of passwords. Both
> is possible with FreeBSD. I don't know about Linux.
> So far there is no easy way to convert between DES- and
> MD5-encryption.

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