From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 17 06:48:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA03428 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 06:48:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA03412 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 06:48:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA00974; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 08:48:10 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199802171448.IAA00974@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Crypt, or no Crypt? To: fred_isler@yahoo.com (Fred Isler) Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 08:48:10 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19980217143058.9105.rocketmail@send1b.yahoomail.com> from Fred Isler at "Feb 17, 98 06:30:58 am" X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, Fred Isler said: > Hello.... > > I've come across a situation on my web site (attempting to run Matthew > Wright's WWWBoard 2.0a message board script) which requires the > crypt() function, but I've learned that, to my knowledge, FreeBSD > doesn't include that function. It's certainly not on "my" web server, > which has the following specifications: > > Pentium II 300Mhz, 128mb RAM > FreeBSD 2.1.7.1 and Apache 1.2.4 > > Am I correct when I say that crypt() is not/will not be incorporated > into my (or any) version of FreeBSD? Would you have a decent > alternative suggestion? In this case, it'd be called from a cgi > script, and used to password protect the functionality of the > cgi-built admin page for my messageboard. I've enjoyed using htpasswd > to "protect" directories on my site, but I'm not sure it applies here... > > Any light you can shed on this subject will be greatly appreciated. > > Fred Isler It's a option. Install the security package (DES). -- "The crime bill passed by the Senate would reinstate the Federal death penalty for certain violent crimes: assassinating the President; hijackiing an airliner; and murdering a government poultry inspector." -- Knight Ridder News Service dispatch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message