Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 21:09:35 -0600 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@mu.org> To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Subject: Re: [PATCH] add a SITE MD5 command to ftpd Message-ID: <20010314210935.Y31752@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20010314185026.C7683@dragon.nuxi.com>; from TrimYourCc@NUXI.com on Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 06:50:26PM -0800 References: <20010314084651.A23104@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <200103142342.QAA09233@usr08.primenet.com> <20010314161555.A4984@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <20010314185026.C7683@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 06:50:26PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 04:15:55PM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote:
> > I'm frankly, completly mystified by the various comments about this not
> > being a security feature. Of course it's not. That's blindly obvious.
>
> I disagree it is blindly obvious. It wasn't to some I've talked to.
> We've ended up associating a "security nature" to MD5. Thus when people
> see that name, they make assumptions.
Misconception on security topics by some isn't a reason to limit
functionality in our system.
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