From owner-freebsd-security Sat May 30 10:09:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA02592 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Sat, 30 May 1998 10:09:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dc1.mfn.org (dc1.mfn.org [204.238.179.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id KAA02514; Sat, 30 May 1998 10:08:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sysadmin@mfn.org) Received: from w3svcs.mfn.org (unverified [204.238.179.11]) by mail.mfn.org (EMWAC SMTPRS 0.83) with SMTP id ; Sat, 30 May 1998 12:10:54 -0500 Received: by w3svcs.mfn.org with Microsoft Mail id <01BD8BC3.962CBD80@w3svcs.mfn.org>; Sat, 30 May 1998 12:07:59 -0500 Message-ID: <01BD8BC3.962CBD80@w3svcs.mfn.org> From: "J.A. Terranson" To: "'Gary Palmer'" Cc: Open Systems Networking , Cory Kempf , "freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: RE: MD5 v. DES? Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 12:07:57 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org "J.A. Terranson" wrote in message ID <01BD8B6C.68192890@w3svcs.mfn.org>: > > Actually, this question is nonsensical, as MD5 and DES are > two *entirely* different things. So, in general, you are right. However, in this case I believe we are talking about password functions, and there *is* a relevance to the comparison. [=] I was not aware of the context (I was responding to "digested" 8-> form of the original message (having never seen the original) which did not make the context clear... Within this context, I would submit that DES is the "better" function, as it is not subject to "birthday" problems, I do realize however, in the *real* world, this is probably not a *real* issue... J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe security" in the body of the message