Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 17:57:22 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Greg Bedrossian <greg@gcsl.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Master.passwd encryption change. Message-ID: <34BE31E2.45B@barcode.co.il> References: <34BE2494.6EF08E@gcsl.com>
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Greg Bedrossian wrote: > > Greetings, > > Is there anyone out there that has done or knows how to change password > authentication and encryption from MD5 to DES. We already know we can > install DES, but how do we actually convert between algorithems? > > Greg You don't. By installing DES, all passwords that are added/changed after the installation will be encrypted using DES. Since you can't (hopefuly) decipher the MD5 passwords there's no way to convert the old passwords. However, no harm will be done. Each password will be authenticated with the right algorithm. Nadav
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