Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 20:27:54 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freefall.cdrom.com> Cc: mark@grondar.za (Mark Murray), rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com, Wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu, gibbs@freefall.cdrom.com, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The great crypt reshuffle Message-ID: <199506201827.UAA03085@grumble.grondar.za>
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> > 2) crypt(3) and friends in libcipher to be replaced with faster code > > from same author as libdes, and to merge with libdes. (I know, not > > much concensus here - I'm just pushing my luck) > > 3) libcrypts containing _only_ des crypt(3) and md5 crypt(3) to remain > > unchanged (Except perhaps for newer code in des crypt(3)) to maintain > > possible foreign licensing. One selected as the _real_ libcrypt by > > symlink. > > You can even consider making the DES crypt(3) take MD5 crypt(3) strings > too. You can recognize them on the $1$ at the start. That would allow > a system to use either type and this the good ol' trick of sending a > encrypted password in an email would still be good. Hmmm... There's a thought... > md2, md4 and md5 isn't export-restricted. True. Rod wants these to be more like ports, although they may be useful as the crypto layer for SSL. M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200
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