Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 18:59:43 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual-personality crypt(3)!! Message-ID: <199511121659.SAA03128@grumble.grondar.za>
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> As Mark Murray wrote: > > > > This will allow folks to upgrade their > ^^^^^^^ > > machines to DES encryption without having to fix all the user passwords > > in master.passwd. > > You wanna say: ``downgrade'' :-) Nyah nyah nyah... ;-) > Anyway, i like it. This would allow me to upgrade to MD5 some day > without losing all my DES passwords. ;-) Not without a bit of extra work. The default encryption when no salt is specified will be DES. This was designed as a convenience for those who have MD5 and want to go DES without irritating all their users. as folks change their passwords, they will be DES'ed. M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grumble.grondar.za for PGP key
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