Default password hash

Mike Tancsa mike at sentex.net
Mon Jun 11 10:58:22 UTC 2012


On 6/11/2012 4:48 AM, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Mike Tancsa <mike at sentex.net> writes:
>> Actually, any chance of MFC'ing SHA256 and 512 in RELENG_7 ?  Its
>> currently not there.
> 
> "not there" as in "not supported by crypt(3)"?

If you put in sha256|sha512 in passwd_format, the passwd that gets
chosen is DES, as in Data Encryption Standard, not Dag-Erling Smørgrav ;-)

	---Mike



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