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Date:      Mon, 03 May 1999 17:42:58 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
To:        "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@netalpha.net>
Cc:        "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org>, Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, The Tech-Admin Dude <geniusj@phoenix.unacom.com>, Brian Beaulieu <brian@capital-data.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Blowfish/Twofish 
Message-ID:  <30464.925778578@zippy.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 May 1999 19:38:37 CDT." <19990503193836.D1229@netalpha.net> 

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> So how far are we from being able to say 'Accept DES, prefer MD5, and
> always use MD5 for new passwords' with PAM?  What pieces are we missing?

We can do that right now, though PAM doesn't "prefer" so much as
simply try things in the order you specify.  Humans prefer things,
programs just do them. :-)

The "new password" selection is handled by /etc/auth.conf

- Jordan


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