From owner-freebsd-security Tue Apr 21 11:34:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA10139 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 11:34:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA09531 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 18:31:42 GMT (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.za (greenpeace.grondar.za [196.7.18.132]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA15711 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 20:31:24 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greenpeace.grondar.za (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA26779 for ; Tue, 21 Apr 1998 20:31:18 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <199804211831.UAA26779@greenpeace.grondar.za> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using MD5 insted of DES for passwd ecnryption Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 20:31:17 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > Maybe not the source, but at minimum the objects. Any method of > run-time control over password encryption schemes should permit all > available schemes to be statically linked simultaneously into the > relevant binaries such that a run-time "switch" can select amongst those > that were available at link time. Naturally adding more schemes > requires re-linking -- but that's neither surprising, nor upsetting. Not so. There exists the probability that dlopen could be fixed to work for statically linked apps to allow them to find and use arbitrary (binar y) .so objects. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message