From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 14 5: 7:55 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de (ipamzlx.Physik.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.180.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2402237B9B0 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 05:07:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de) Received: from ipamzlx.Physik.Uni-Mainz.DE (ipamzlx.Physik.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.180.54]) by ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA47287 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 14:10:06 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de) Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 14:10:06 +0200 (CEST) From: "O. Hartmann" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: MD5 or DES? Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG When installing our server, I have the opportunities of using either standard encrypted passwords or DES, depending on the libraries which perform this task. Using DES, I have a limitation of 8 characters per password, using standard encryption I get 128 characters. Can anybody tell me what the reasons are to use DES instaed of MD5? Is the encrypting related library used by other services? Isn't DES being compromised by brute force mechanisms? How secure is it? Thanks in advance, Gruss O. Hartmann ------------------------------------------------------------------- ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de Klimadatenserver des IPA, Universitaet Mainz Netzwerk- und Systembetreuung To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message