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Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 11:08:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Nathan Dorfman <nathan@senate.org>
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Subject:  DES and IDEA
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Hello I have a question about FreeBSD's crypt(). If I installed DES
when I originally installed the system, does the crypt() use DES
by default? Is my password file DES or IDEA? Example: if I run Crack
will it use DES or IDEA? Thanks!