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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!convex!hermes.oc.com!news.unt.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: secdist installation Date: 28 Nov 1994 04:41:24 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3bbn1k$rno@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <adammCzuJAB.F6q@netcom.com> <Czuo2F.Lyu@tfs.com> <3b8qvv$5pi@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au> <Czy8vw.KL2@tfs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <Czy8vw.KL2@tfs.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org> wrote: >tdwyer@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au (Terry Dwyer) wrote: >I don't belive there is a non-us secrdist yet. You only need it if >you need to be compatible with other systems, ie rcp /etc/passwd >kind of things. The basic password security of FreeBSD-2.0 is way >>better< than the default DES based crap. Not to fault Poul here, but that 'default DES based crap' is what is used on hundreds of machines locally. Being compatible with those machines is part of the reason BSD is still alive and kicking. Different isn't always better, that's what FreeBSD still runs primarily on those 'not so much better' but 'compatible' x86 PC's. :-) Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD dude and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-4836 | home #: (406) 586-0579 | Available for contract/otherwise work.