Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 12:19:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Mohacsi Janos <mohacsi@ik.bme.hu> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: why not use crypt() written by Kris Kennaway? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004201216390.55667-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.21.0004201643350.7220-100000@hera.ik.bme.hu>
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On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Mohacsi Janos wrote:
> I saw the initative of Kris Kennaway to modify the password scheme
> in the FreeBSD (integrated blowfish, SHA-1, and new DES).
> What happened with it?
It needs to be polished up a bit. It's still on my list, and I hope to get
to it in the next month or two.
> In the CVS tree the SHA scheme marked dead. Why?
Because the tree version of SHA-1 passwords was incompatible with my new
one and I didn't want to introduce a new feature in 4.0 only have to
deprecate it soon after and live with the legacy.
> Is not possible to distribute FreeBSD with DES/Blowfish integrated since
> the beginning of this year? Don't we want to mantain cross platform (at
> least cross BSD) password schemes? In the FreeBSD 5.0?
It will most probably appear in 5.0 but not before, unless there is
overwhelming demand for it once it appears in -current.
Kris
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