Allan Streib wrote: > My /etc/login.conf file has "blowfish,a" as the value for localciper in > the default class. > > The login.conf(5) man page sys this about the "localcipher" capability: > > localcipher string blowfish,a The cipher to use for > encrypting passwords. Refer > to crypt_newhash(3) for > possible values. > > > The crypt_newhash(3) man page mentions only this value: > > ``bcrypt,<rounds>'' > The bcrypt algorithm, where the value of rounds can be between 4 > and 31 and specifies the base 2 logarithm of the number of > rounds. The special rounds value `a' automatically selects > rounds based on system performance. > > > Are "blowfish,a" and "bcrypt,a" the same?
yes, they are synonyms. the code has a bit of history, with divergent names.
