Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 08:48:10 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: fred_isler@yahoo.com (Fred Isler) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Crypt, or no Crypt? Message-ID: <199802171448.IAA00974@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <19980217143058.9105.rocketmail@send1b.yahoomail.com> from Fred Isler at "Feb 17, 98 06:30:58 am"
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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
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