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Date:      Mon, 19 Jun 1995 13:18:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk>
To:        mark@grondar.za (Mark Murray)
Cc:        wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu, rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com, current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Crypto code - an architectural proposal.
Message-ID:  <199506192018.NAA08709@freefall.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: <199506192012.WAA00163@grumble.grondar.za> from "Mark Murray" at Jun 19, 95 10:12:26 pm

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> If the state department has a problem (or potential problem) with the
> crypt(3) in libdescrypt, why is there _no_ problem with the MD5 crypt(3)?
> They are functionally equivalent. Was the MD5 version even vetted?

MD5 cannot decrypt.

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Just that: dried leaves in boiling water ?



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