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Date:      Fri, 20 Jun 2003 10:11:04 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Tim Legg <legg@iastate.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Passwords and MD5
Message-ID:  <20030620171104.GA53737@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95.1030619173423.18159A-100000@isua1.iastate.edu>
References:  <Pine.OSF.3.95.1030619173423.18159A-100000@isua1.iastate.edu>

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On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 05:38:13PM -0500, Tim Legg wrote:

> Why is that?

If you're interested in the details of the password hashing algorithm,
refer to the source code in /usr/src/lib/libcrypt.  The md5 password
hash algorithm is a bit more complicated than a single MD5.

Kris
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