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Date:      Mon, 3 May 1999 19:38:37 -0500
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@netalpha.net>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
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:  <19990503193836.D1229@netalpha.net>
In-Reply-To: <23332.925637575@zippy.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Sun, May 02, 1999 at 02:32:55AM -0700
References:  <372C19F5.625BB2B@vangelderen.org> <23332.925637575@zippy.cdrom.com>

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On Sun, May 02, 1999 at 02:32:55AM -0700, a little birdie told me
that Jordan K. Hubbard remarked
> 
> Erm, one of the goals of PAM is to support *multiple* encryption
> methods, so why not do a PAM module for each and let the administrator
> decide which authentication methods to support in /etc/pam.conf?

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?



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