Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 14:27:44 +0300 (EET DST) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Developer <dev@fgate.flevel.co.uk> Cc: Mark Mayo <mark@quickweb.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Migrating BSDI 1.1 Passwords Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960801142511.15927B-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960801101836.8661A-100000@fgate.flevel.co.uk>
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On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Developer wrote: > > > On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Mark Mayo wrote: > > > Hi all, I have a BSDI 1.1 server with about 3000 users... I REALLY want to > > move it to FreeBSD (2.1.5), but I'm concerned about the password files. > > > > I know FreeBSD ships with MD5, and I'm in Canada so that means I can > > safely use DES crypt routines - but does that mean I can use password > > files that are DES encrypted?? (i.e. BSDI 1.1) > > Well, correct me if I`m wrong but don`t you just have to copy libdescrypt* > to libcrypt* and then freebsd uses des as the standard encryption method? > > As for exporting cryptography I think the whole thing is very silly - If I > want des I`ll download it from the states (To the UK) :P~~~ Why not just download it from the UK and let the paranoid US customs and crypto people be comforted. Sander > > Regards, > > Trefor S. > > >
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