From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 29 03:44:53 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5425C945; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:44:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4505A937; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:44:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.6/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r2T3ird7027352; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:44:53 GMT (envelope-from eadler@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from eadler@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.6/8.14.5/Submit) id r2T3irgd027351; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:44:53 GMT (envelope-from eadler@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201303290344.r2T3irgd027351@svn.freebsd.org> From: Eitan Adler Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:44:53 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r41320 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:44:53 -0000 Author: eadler Date: Fri Mar 29 03:44:52 2013 New Revision: 41320 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41320 Log: Make the hashing section reflect reality Reviewed by: des Approved by: bcr (mentor) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml Thu Mar 28 15:13:42 2013 (r41319) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml Fri Mar 29 03:44:52 2013 (r41320) @@ -1084,8 +1084,9 @@ Recognizing Your Crypt Mechanism Currently the library supports DES, MD5, Blowfish, SHA256, - and SHA512 hash functions. By default &os; uses MD5 to - encrypt passwords. + and SHA512 hash functions. By default &os; 9.1 and later + uses SHA512 to encrypt passwords. Older versions use MD5 by + default. It is pretty easy to identify which encryption method &os; is set up to use. Examining the encrypted passwords in the