svn commit: r41320 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security

[Eitan Adler]

Author: eadler
Date: Fri Mar 29 03:44:52 2013
New Revision: 41320
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41320

Log:
  Make the hashing section reflect reality
  
  Reviewed by:	des
  Approved by:	bcr (mentor)

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml	Thu Mar 28 15:13:42 2013	(r41319)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/security/chapter.xml	Fri Mar 29 03:44:52 2013	(r41320)
@@ -1084,8 +1084,9 @@
       <title>Recognizing Your Crypt Mechanism</title>
 
       <para>Currently the library supports DES, MD5, Blowfish, SHA256,
-	and SHA512 hash functions.  By default &os; uses MD5 to
-	encrypt passwords.</para>
+	and SHA512 hash functions.  By default &os; 9.1 and later
+	uses SHA512 to encrypt passwords.  Older versions use MD5 by
+	default.</para>
 
       <para>It is pretty easy to identify which encryption method &os;
 	is set up to use.  Examining the encrypted passwords in the