"David O'Brien" wrote:
> Actually a committed (forgot who) tried to overhall the crypt stuff a few
> months ago and it blew up in his face. I don't think anyone has changed
> since. A shame.
Brandon Gillespie.
I have a copy of his code (almost) ready-to-go.
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> Of course, passwd(1) should ideally be able to be told to ignore the old
> method too - it looks like /etc/auth.conf is in the beginnings of this.
When I proposed changing this and adding a knob in auth.conf, it was said
PAM is really the place for this.
Actually a committed (forgot who) tried
* Peter Wemm (pe...@netplex.com.au) [990407 11:07]:
>
> Unfortunately, passwd(1) will helpfully maintain the same encryption
> method as was used before. ie: if a user has a MD5 passwd, the new one
> will also be MD5, regardless of the default.
>
> What I've wanted to do for some time is have a
Anders Andersson writes:
> Maybe I just should purify my network to loose those DES boxes and run
> FreeBSD md5 native only, that would be more secure and faster right?
More secure and *slower*. When it comes to password hashing, slower is
better, because it makes brute force and dictionary attac
Anders Andersson wrote:
> * Dag-Erling Smorgrav (d...@flood.ping.uio.no) [990403 17:33]:
>
> > Existing MD5 passwords will still work. New users will get DES
> > passwords.
>
> Thanks, but how do I get all my "old" users to use DES crypted passwords?
Unfortunately, passwd(1) will helpfully maint
Anders Andersson writes:
>* Dag-Erling Smorgrav (d...@flood.ping.uio.no) [990403 17:33]:
>
>> Existing MD5 passwords will still work. New users will get DES
>> passwords.
>
>Thanks, but how do I get all my "old" users to use DES crypted passwords?
Well, the short answer is 'you get them to change
* Dag-Erling Smorgrav (d...@flood.ping.uio.no) [990403 17:33]:
> Existing MD5 passwords will still work. New users will get DES
> passwords.
Thanks, but how do I get all my "old" users to use DES crypted passwords?
Maybe I just should purify my network to loose those DES boxes and run
FreeBSD md
On Sat, Apr 03, 1999 at 05:34:06PM +0200, a little birdie told me
that Dag-Erling Smorgrav remarked
>
> > Do I need to change all passwd with 'passwd {user}' to use DES passwd crypt?
>
> Existing MD5 passwords will still work. New users will get DES
> passwords.
Did we ever hash out a mechanism
Hi Synker!
Anders Andersson writes:
> I am looking for the correct way of installing DES (crypt) from sources.
*grumble* why do people keep wanting to install me? ;)
> I plan to do 'make world' and from what I can tell I need to:
>
> ln -fs libdescrypt.so libcrypt.so
> ln -fs libdescrypt.so.2
Anders Andersson wrote:
> I am looking for the correct way of installing DES (crypt) from sources.
Nothing to do, except for...
> From the beginning I install most of my boxes from ftp and with the
> "minimal" option. After that I cvsup and do make world to fit my needs.
>
> On this test box I
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