From owner-freebsd-current Sat Apr 3 17: 6: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 789E514D83 for ; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 17:06:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA19809; Sat, 3 Apr 1999 19:04:00 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 19:04:00 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: Anders Andersson , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: crypt algorithms (was Re: DES from source?) Message-ID: <19990403190359.B12711@futuresouth.com> References: <19990403122221.A12230@sanyusan.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: ; from Dag-Erling Smorgrav on Sat, Apr 03, 1999 at 05:34:06PM +0200 X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Apr 03, 1999 at 05:34:06PM +0200, a little birdie told me that Dag-Erling Smorgrav remarked > > > Do I need to change all passwd with 'passwd {user}' to use DES passwd crypt? > > Existing MD5 passwords will still work. New users will get DES > passwords. Did we ever hash out a mechanism to do this the other way (or integrate new algorithms) and set 'try' vs. 'use' algorithms? I'm unclear as to whether PAM is supposed to/capable of addressing this. --- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | Matthew Fuller http://www.over-yonder.net/ | * fullermd@futuresouth.com fullermd@over-yonder.net * | UNIX Systems Administrator Specializing in FreeBSD | * FutureSouth Communications ISPHelp ISP Consulting * | "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, | * is because I haven't figured out how to light the * | middle yet" | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message