From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Aug 11 1: 3:14 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CC3514E34 for ; Wed, 11 Aug 1999 01:03:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id BAA89657; Wed, 11 Aug 1999 01:00:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 01:00:02 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199908110800.BAA89657@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Subject: Re: misc/13047: FreeBSD libcrypt bug? Reply-To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/13047; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav To: smkelly@slashnet.org Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, sno@silver.slashnet.org Subject: Re: misc/13047: FreeBSD libcrypt bug? Date: 11 Aug 1999 09:58:47 +0200 smkelly@slashnet.org writes: > However, I am getting >13 character passwords even by > using the compatible mode that the manpage described. > This breaks some programs such as Internet Relay Chat > Daemons that use crypted passwords on many platforms. You didn't install the DES library. The 13-character hashes you describe are DES hashes, which are supported by the optional DES library. DES (the hacker, not the hash) -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message