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Date:      Tue, 21 Apr 1998 20:31:17 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Using MD5 insted of DES for passwd ecnryption 
Message-ID:  <199804211831.UAA26779@greenpeace.grondar.za>

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> Maybe not the source, but at minimum the objects.  Any method of
> run-time control over password encryption schemes should permit all
> available schemes to be statically linked simultaneously into the
> relevant binaries such that a run-time "switch" can select amongst those
> that were available at link time.  Naturally adding more schemes
> requires re-linking -- but that's neither surprising, nor upsetting.

Not so. There exists the probability that dlopen could be fixed to work 
for statically linked apps to allow them to find and use arbitrary (binar
y) .so objects.

M
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