From owner-freebsd-current Tue Jun 20 11:29:03 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id LAA02475 for current-outgoing; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 11:29:03 -0700 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id LAA02464 ; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 11:28:39 -0700 Received: from grumble.grondar.za (grumble.grondar.za [196.7.18.130]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.11/8.6.9) with ESMTP id UAA01380; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 20:27:58 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumble.grondar.za (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id UAA03085; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 20:27:55 +0200 Message-Id: <199506201827.UAA03085@grumble.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grumble.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Poul-Henning Kamp 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 Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 20:27:54 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: current-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > 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