From owner-freebsd-current Fri May 29 11:44:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA07666 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 29 May 1998 11:44:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk ([195.8.133.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA07615 for ; Fri, 29 May 1998 11:44:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA00401; Fri, 29 May 1998 20:42:25 +0200 (CEST) To: Cory Kempf cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MD5 v. DES? In-reply-to: Your message of "29 May 1998 10:52:00 EDT." Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 20:42:24 +0200 Message-ID: <399.896467344@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message , Cory Kempf writes: >dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav ) writes: >>Hostas Red writes: >>Search for "MD5" in the freebsd-current archive. What has happened is >>that your system has mistakenly switched to using MD5 passwords >>instead of DES passwords. This problem was identified (and solved?) a >>few days ago. > >Is there a discussion somewhere about the merits of MD5 v. DES? >E.g. what advantages one has over the other? MD5 is more resilient against dictionary based brute force cracking attempts. MD5 can be exported. -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message