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To: Kris Kennaway <kkennawa@physics.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>,
	Holtor <holtor@yahoo.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: DES & MD5? 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 16 Jun 1999 09:36:59 +0930."
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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 17:54:05 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
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> So you can mix and match any passwords your crypt() knows how to parse. The
> only problem is that standrd FreeBSD doesn't have a way to select which
> password scheme you want: if you install the DES sources, you get DES
> passwords, otherwise MD5, for your new passwords.
> 

While certainly in the category of "evil temporary hack", I can say
that /etc/auth.conf makes the above statement somewhat incorrect. :)

- Jordan


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