On 28-07-2010, Mehdi Dogguy <[email protected]> wrote: > On 0, Sylvain Le Gall <[email protected]> wrote: >> FYI, I think the following functions are exported by libcrypt: >> - encrypt, encrypt_r >> - setkey, setkey_r >> - crypt, crypt_r >> >> I don't know the precise use of these functions though. >> > > Wouldn't that be a welcomed contribution in cryptokit? (maybe it's not... > I'm just curious). >
IMHO, cryptokit is more about cryptography functions (MD5, SHA1...), whereas crypt is made to read /etc/passwd file... AFAIK, crypt is not implemented the same way on all systems. It ranges from a simple ROT13 to Blowfish/SHA... The point of crypt is to my mind to provide an uniform function for the whole system. Regards, Sylvain Le Gall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
