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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!inferno.mpx.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!jaxnet.jaxnet.com!ns2.mainstreet.net!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!thales.nmia.com!gallup.cia-g.com!lithium From: Stephen Fisher <lithium@cia-g.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: DES and MD5 passsword encryption Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 18:38:34 -0700 Organization: New Mexico Internet Access Lines: 14 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960220183657.7144B-100000@gallup.cia-g.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gallup.cia-g.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Greetings, I am aware that FreeBSD uses MD5 for encrypting passwords, and there is a drop-in replacement to use DES encryption if you are in the U.S. [I am]. Is there any reason I would want to change to DES? Are there pros/cons to each? Thanks, - Steve - Systems Manager