From owner-freebsd-security Fri May 29 12:44:00 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA21236 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Fri, 29 May 1998 12:44:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from homeport.org (lighthouse.homeport.org [205.136.65.198]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA21157 for ; Fri, 29 May 1998 12:43:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from adam@homeport.org) Received: (adam@localhost) by homeport.org (8.8.5/8.6.9) id PAA08397; Fri, 29 May 1998 15:41:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Adam Shostack Message-Id: <199805291941.PAA08397@homeport.org> Subject: Re: MD5 v. DES? In-Reply-To: from Open Systems Networking at "May 29, 98 12:49:35 pm" To: opsys@mail.webspan.net (Open Systems Networking) Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 15:41:47 -0400 (EDT) Cc: ckempf@enigami.com, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL27 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Open Systems Networking wrote: | > Is there a discussion somewhere about the merits of MD5 v. DES? | > E.g. what advantages one has over the other? | | If I recall from past memories MD5 i believe is faster. Is that an advantage in the days of Crack and John the Ripper? Adam -- "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message