Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 12:06:58 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Crypto code - an architectural proposal. Message-ID: <9506191606.AA08823@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199506191556.RAA29080@grumble.grondar.za> References: <199506191556.RAA29080@grumble.grondar.za>
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<<On Mon, 19 Jun 1995 17:56:42 +0200, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> said: > I am actually having quite a hard time working out what the difference > is between libdescrypt and libcipher. Could you enlighten me please? > (I was of a mind to trash libcipher, as it seems superfluous.) Easy. libdescrypt is the UNIX one-way password hash function, implemented in a way that I believe is likely to be exportable. libcipher is all the other entry points which were traditionally associated with the UNIX `crypt' function, and which are not exportable because they can be used to perform encryption and decryption; this includes things like `setkey' and `encrypt'. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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