Add SHA-256/512 hash algorithm to crypt(3) (kern/124164)

[David Magda]

Hello all,

Is there any chance that kern/124164 [1] could be looked at? The included patch has been updated by KIMURA Yasuhiro for 8.1R, and so hopefully would be okay for 8.3R (and maybe even -CURRENT).

The functionality would be very helpful for NIS- and LDAP-based environments, as Linux and even Solaris support these newer algorithms, and so when they do a (yp)passwd the new hashes are often used which cause interoperability issues—not to mention the usefulness of of stronger hashes. :)

Thanks for any info (and please CC, as I'm not subscribed).

[1] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/124164