From owner-freebsd-security Fri May 29 17:51:01 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA14248 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Fri, 29 May 1998 17:51:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gjp.erols.com (alex-va-n008c243.moon.jic.com [206.156.18.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA14225 for ; Fri, 29 May 1998 17:50:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) Received: from gjp.erols.com (localhost.erols.com [127.0.0.1]) by gjp.erols.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA19907; Fri, 29 May 1998 20:50:11 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) To: Open Systems Networking cc: Cory Kempf , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: MD5 v. DES? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 29 May 1998 12:49:35 EDT." Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 20:50:11 -0400 Message-ID: <19903.896489411@gjp.erols.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Open Systems Networking wrote in message ID : > > 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. Actually, from what I remember, the MD5 password crypt() routine is slower than DES and also keeps more significant characters, allowing longer and more difficult to crack passwords. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message