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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!sa.news.telstra.net!nsw1.news.telstra.net!ihug.co.nz!nsw.news.telstra.net!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!percy.scgt.oz.au!imb From: imb@percy.scgt.oz.au (michael butler) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Adding DES after the fact Date: 13 Feb 1997 05:37:49 GMT Organization: Sydney Cricket Ground Trust Lines: 9 Message-ID: <855812269.585845@percy.scgt.oz.au> References: <5dpuo6$fnk@pelican.unf.edu> <3300D7CD.66FA@mail.hqs.crc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: percy.scgt.oz.au X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Cache-Post-Path: percy.scgt.oz.au!imb@percy.scgt.oz.au Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35448 Dan Benjamin (dpb@mail.hqs.crc.com) wrote: : You do not need to recompile, but changing to DES will break all of your : passwords. It will not .. the DES code tests for a leading "$1$" in the encrypted password and, if found, reverts to the MD5 mode of validation, michael