Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 17:30:43 +0200 (CEST) From: Marc van Woerkom <marc.vanwoerkom@science-factory.com> To: jeff@comnetcom.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: passwd encyrption conversion? Message-ID: <20000817153043.48D592159@nil.science-factory.com> In-Reply-To: <000901c006dc$20bc0a60$7cf764d1@JEFF> References: <000901c006dc$20bc0a60$7cf764d1@JEFF>
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> Is it at all possible to convert a master.passwd file from an OpenBSD 2.4 > system (using Blowfish encyrption) to DES or MD5 for use on a FreeBSD > system. Think about it for a minute. For conversion you would need to decrypt the blowfish encoded passwords and then to encrypt them using MD5 or DES encoding (piece of cake) The whole point about these cyphers is that decryption is very hard. So forget that route. > If not, can anyone think of a good way to migrate the users from the > one box the other? - assign new passwords to each user and notify them by snail mail or another trusted channel or - implement blowfish encryption for FreeBSD passwords Regards, Marc To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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