On 28 July 2014 15:02, Dan Quade <1349...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > Using sha-crypt is not a solution. Certain apps are built to use > crypt(3) only and thus lack Blowfish support. You have 1 day to reopen > this bug or I will make a new one. >
In Ubuntu, we typically do not deviate from our upstreams and there doesn't seem to be a compelling reason to do so here. Thus, consider filing bug reports / request for Blowfish inclusion upstream and/or to Debian package maintainers. Once blowfish is accepted in either of those, such support would also tickle down to Ubuntu. As to certain apps, they do know that crypt(3) on Linux does not provide Blowfish thus if blowfish is required there is plenty of crypto libraries in Ubuntu that provide Blowfish. For example, php ships it's own implementations and provides Blowfish crypt support and etc. So, what apps are you concerned about? and how are they broken on Ubuntu? we can certainly fix those packages. -- Regards, Dimitri. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1349252 Title: crypt(3) lacks Blowfish support Status in “glibc” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: crypt(3) bundled with Ubuntu's GNU C Library supports MD5, DES, SHA256 and SHA512 hashing methods, but lacks support for Blowfish (aka bcrypt). There is a patch available from Openwall: http://www.openwall.com/crypt/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/+bug/1349252/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp