Public bug reported:

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/

** Affects: glibc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: bcrypt blowfish crypt

** Also affects: glibc (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  crypt(3) lacks Blowfish support

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