Hi Björn,

Am Montag, den 23.09.2019, 12:07 +0200 schrieb Björn Esser:
> From: Björn Esser <[email protected]>
> 
> Also implement the needed logic to (optionally) replace
> the libcrypt from the selected libc with libxcrypt.
> 
> libxcrypt is a modern library for one-way hashing of passwords.
> It supports a wide variety of both modern and historical hashing
> methods: yescrypt, gost-yescrypt, scrypt, bcrypt, sha512crypt,
> sha256crypt, md5crypt, SunMD5, sha1crypt, NT, bsdicrypt, bigcrypt,
> and descrypt. It provides the traditional Unix crypt and crypt_r
> interfaces, as well as a set of extended interfaces pioneered by
> Openwall Linux, crypt_rn, crypt_ra, crypt_gensalt, crypt_gensalt_rn,
> and crypt_gensalt_ra.
> 
> libxcrypt is intended to be used by login(1), passwd(1), and other
> similar programs; that is, to hash a small number of passwords
> during an interactive authentication dialogue with a human.  It is
> not suitable for use in bulk password-cracking applications, or in
> any other situation where speed is more important than careful
> handling of sensitive data.  However, it is intended to be fast and
> lightweight enough for use in servers that must field thousands of
> login attempts per minute.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Björn Esser <[email protected]>
> ---

It would be nice to have a log of changes between the patch revisions
here to make it easier for reviewers to tell what changed from the last
submission.

Regards,
Lucas


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