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Date:      Wed, 9 Aug 2000 12:28:34 +0700 (NSS)
From:      Max Khon <fjoe@iclub.nsu.ru>
To:        Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        Pete Carah <pete@ns.altadena.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: crypt(3) problems
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008091226320.64186-100000@iclub.nsu.ru>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008081839450.16224-100000@green.dyndns.org>

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hi, there!

On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote:

> We should switch to using just libdescrypt and being allowed to switch
> crypt formats easily between md5 and des.  My proposed solution using
> login.conf is at http://people.FreeBSD.org/~green/crypt_switching.patch,
> and it's going to be put into production usage relatively soon (that is,
> whether or not it's actually in FreeBSD).

this would solve a lot of problems with libcrypt for third-party software
developers. at this time to ensure that our product will work on any
FreeBSD installation we link libdescrypt statically (which is a pain in
the ass if f.e. libtool is used)

/fjoe



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