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Date:      29 May 1998 10:52:00 -0400
From:      Cory Kempf <ckempf@enigami.com>
To:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   MD5 v. DES?
Message-ID:  <x7ra1d5dv3.fsf_-_@singularity.enigami.com>
In-Reply-To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no's message of "29 May 1998 14:33:51 %2B0200"

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dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav ) writes:
>Hostas Red <kong@kong.spb.ru> writes:
>Search for "MD5" in the freebsd-current archive. What has happened is
>that your system has mistakenly switched to using MD5 passwords
>instead of DES passwords. This problem was identified (and solved?) a
>few days ago.

Is there a discussion somewhere about the merits of MD5 v. DES?
E.g. what advantages one has over the other?

Thanks,

+C

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