From owner-freebsd-current Sun Nov 12 09:00:06 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id JAA15290 for current-outgoing; Sun, 12 Nov 1995 09:00:06 -0800 Received: from grunt.grondar.za (grunt.grondar.za [196.7.18.129]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id IAA15278 for ; Sun, 12 Nov 1995 08:59:58 -0800 Received: from grumble.grondar.za (grumble.grondar.za [196.7.18.130]) by grunt.grondar.za (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id SAA06437; Sun, 12 Nov 1995 18:59:46 +0200 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumble.grondar.za (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id SAA03128; Sun, 12 Nov 1995 18:59:44 +0200 Message-Id: <199511121659.SAA03128@grumble.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grumble.grondar.za: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual-personality crypt(3)!! Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 18:59:43 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > As Mark Murray wrote: > > > > This will allow folks to upgrade their > ^^^^^^^ > > machines to DES encryption without having to fix all the user passwords > > in master.passwd. > > You wanna say: ``downgrade'' :-) Nyah nyah nyah... ;-) > Anyway, i like it. This would allow me to upgrade to MD5 some day > without losing all my DES passwords. ;-) Not without a bit of extra work. The default encryption when no salt is specified will be DES. This was designed as a convenience for those who have MD5 and want to go DES without irritating all their users. as folks change their passwords, they will be DES'ed. M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grumble.grondar.za for PGP key