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From: mrr@scss3.cl.msu.edu (Mark Riordan)
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Subject: Re: Need a replacement for *crypt(key,salt)
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Date: 16 Jul 92 02:22:31 GMT
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sjhill@waikato.ac.nz writes:
: On a version of BSD Unix that I am using, the C Library functions 'crypt' and
: '_crypt' are missing.  Would someone be able to post a short and simple and
: portable (!) bit of code to replace these missing functions?
 
In your neck of the woods, laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au has "libdes",
which I believe is the same code as Eric Young posted to 
comp.sources.misc, which is widely available on FTP sites.
I believe this provides a drop-in replacement for "crypt".