Mike Tancsa wrote: > At 04:45 PM 1/3/2009, O. Hartmann wrote: > >> followed by a obligatory "cap_mkdb" seems to do something - changing >> root's password results in different hashes when selecting different >> hash algorithms like des, md5, sha1, blf or even sha256. >> >> Well, I never digged deep enough into the source code to reveal the >> magic and truth, so I will ask here for some help. Is it possible to >> change the md5-algorithm by default towards sha1 as recommended after >> the md5-collisions has been published? > > Are you sure sha1 is supported ? It looks like if you put in something > not understood in the login.conf file, it defaults to what appears to > be DES. > > ---Mike > >> Thanks in advance, >> Oliver
Yes, you're absolutely right, I figured this also out after I tried evey possible hashing alogrithmen mentioned in the manpage. I use 'blf' now. Regards, Oliver _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
