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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.sys5.r4 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in2.uu.net!news.new-york.net!ritz.mordor.com!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: DES and MD5 passsword encryption Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.sys5.r4 X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Lines: 15 Organization: Mordor International Message-ID: <DnHn6K.5x3@ritz.mordor.com> References: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960220183657.7144B-100000@gallup.cia-g.com> <4gg9fc$l8t@uriah.heep.sax.de> <4h179c$6db@plato.ucsalf.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 13:37:32 GMT Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:15269 comp.unix.sys5.r4:10843 Mark Powell (mark@plato.ucsalf.ac.uk) wrote: : In article <4gg9fc$l8t@uriah.heep.sax.de>, : J Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote: : >Default MD5 is believed to be a stronger encryption, but naturally, : >the encrypted password strings are not exchangeable with machines : >using another algorithm. : : I've installed FreeBSD 2.1R onto a machine that previously had Dell SVR4 v2.2 : on it. I moved the encrypted passwords over from that system with no problems : at all. Does that mean Dell also used md5? I'd be surprised. Or you (looking for NSA spooks) inadvertantly installed DES when you installed FreeBSD. :-) Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451