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Subject: Re: MD5 vs. SHA1 hashed passwords in /etc/master.passwd: can
 we configure SHA1 in /etc/login.conf?
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At 04:45 PM 1/3/2009, O. Hartmann wrote:

>followed by a obligatory "cap_mkdb" seems to do something - changing
>root's password results in different hashes when selecting different
>hash algorithms like des, md5, sha1, blf or even sha256.
>
>Well, I never digged deep enough into the source code to reveal the
>magic and truth, so I will ask here for some help. Is it possible to
>change the md5-algorithm by default towards sha1 as recommended after
>the md5-collisions has been published?

Are you sure sha1 is supported ? It looks like if you put in 
something not understood in the login.conf file, it defaults to what 
appears to be DES.

         ---Mike

>Thanks in advance,
>Oliver
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