From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 25 02:32:24 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA29773 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 02:32:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cyclone.degnet.baynet.de (www.degnet.baynet.de [194.95.214.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id CAA29762; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 02:32:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from malte.lance@gmx.net) Received: from neuron.webmore.de (unverified [194.95.214.160]) by cyclone.degnet.baynet.de (EMWAC SMTPRS 0.83) with SMTP id ; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 11:32:18 +0200 Received: (from malte.lance@gmx.net) by neuron.webmore.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA01141; Sun, 23 Aug 1998 15:03:51 +0200 (CEST) From: Malte Lance MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 15:03:50 +0200 (CEST) To: Bill Fumerola Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Web Server Linux to FreeBSD In-Reply-To: References: <13787.62792.159201.16202@neuron.webmore.de> X-Mailer: VM 6.43 under 20.4 "Emerald" XEmacs Lucid Message-ID: <13792.4380.232509.238640@neuron.webmore.de> Reply-To: malte.lance@gmx.net Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Bill Fumerola writes: > > To my knowledge there is NO way to convert between DES and MD5, short of > cracking and then re-encrypting. Correct, that's what i was saying. > On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Malte Lance wrote: > > There is more than this. There is an essential difference > > between DES-encryption and MD5-encryption of passwords. Both > > is possible with FreeBSD. I don't know about Linux. > > So far there is no easy way to convert between DES- and > > MD5-encryption. Malte. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message