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Date:      Mon, 20 Dec 1999 12:59:56 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        Nick Slager <nicks@albury.net.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: MD5 - Is there life after DES? 
Message-ID:  <86153.945687596@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 20 Dec 1999 21:33:23 %2B1100." <19991220213323.A14566@albury.net.au> 

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On Mon, 20 Dec 1999 21:33:23 +1100, Nick Slager wrote:

> So: is there a way to have both DES and MD5 support on a box, but
> have MD5 as the default? This would sort of be the reverse of the
> current situation, where MD5 and DES libs are both installed, but DES
> is default. We really only want DES as a legacy, "if we must" option.

At this stage, no.  In the future, this will be possible.  There are
hack-arounds for forcing the use of an MD5 password for an individual
account, but they involve cooperation between the admin and the user.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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