Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 17:08:05 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: davidg@Root.COM Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual-personality crypt(3)!! Message-ID: <199511121508.RAA02276@grumble.grondar.za>
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> Hmmm... what if my DES password legitimately starts with "$1$"? Wouldn't it > be better to just try the DES password and if that fails (doesn't match), > then try using MD5? Naah. once your password is DES-crypted it is a 13-char string from the set [./A-Za-z0-9]. This $1$ `marker' is a useful way of determining that the password was crypted with PHK's MD5 routine. M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grumble.grondar.za for PGP key
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