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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
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