From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Nov 29 10:39:36 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@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 0439237B400 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 10:39:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from ipamzlx.Physik.Uni-Mainz.DE (ipamzlx.Physik.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.180.54]) by ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de (8.11.1/8.11.0) with ESMTP id eATIfN892097; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 19:41:23 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de) Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 19:41:23 +0100 (CET) From: "O. Hartmann" To: Tom Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Password Encryption Problems In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Tom wrote: Thanks a lot. :> :>On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, O. Hartmann wrote: :> :>... :>> In DES I have a password limitation of 8 characters, while FBSD's MD5 allows us :>> 128 characters. But using NIS/YP limits again passwords and login to be limited :>> by 8 characters, so I ask myself what encryption service is the best choice ... :> :> As far as NIS goes, there is no password field size limiation. NIS :>deals with the password files as key-data pairs. The sizes are not :>important. However, the NIS client must be capable of understanding the :>password field. :> :>> Thanks in advance, :>> Oliver :>> :>> - :>> MfG :>> O. Hartmann :> :>Tom :>Uniserve :> :> - MfG O. Hartmann ------------------------------------------------------------------- ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de Klimadatenserver-Abteilung des IPA IT Netz- und Systembetreuung Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz Becherweg 21 D-55099 Mainz BRD/Germany Tel: +496131/3924662 FAX: +496131/3923532 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message