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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 12:06:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net>
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Subject: Re: MD5 passwords -> DES?
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On Mon, 15 Dec 1997, Shawn Ramsey wrote:

> Is it possible to convert all the MD5 password in master.passwd into DES
> passwords, easily?

No, but that's not necessary; the DES libraries can still check the MD5
passwords.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major