From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Oct 15 08:08:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA21817 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 15 Oct 1997 08:08:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from eps.ufsc.br (root@eps.ufsc.br [150.162.1.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA21773 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 1997 08:08:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from george@eps.ufsc.br) Received: from localhost (d39.ad.eps.ufsc.br [150.162.46.39]) by eps.ufsc.br (8.8.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA14597 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 1997 13:06:05 -0300 (EST) Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 13:07:27 -0200 (EDT) From: George Tavares X-Sender: george@localhost To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: md5 vs DES on new 2.2.2 install In-Reply-To: <34447495.3F54BC7E@wired.ctech.ac.za> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, Jacques Hugo wrote: > Hi there ... > > I guess the subject says is all. > > What are the pros and cons of installing a new > 2.2.2 fbsd system when looking at installing > DES of MD5 as your encryption? What do > you guys suggest? I think that MD5 password encryption is more secure. It is more dificult to try brute force password crack. I only install DES encryption when I am changing a machine from Linux to FreeBSD, to preserve the password map. If you want use YP/NIS with other OS, you probaly need use DES, the normal encryption of the other OS. Maybe solaris, with the DES map can serve freebsd, but I never test. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | George Tavares Ciencias da Computacao - UFSC | | Fone:(048)331-7020 E-mail: george@eps.ufsc.br | | http://www.eps.ufsc.br/~george PGP key disponivel por http | -----------------------------------------------------------------------