Re: Default password hash

Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> writes:
> Locally, we still have a need to share some passwd files between a
> couple of RELENG_8 and RELENG_7 boxes.  But it might be better to just
> upgrade the new boxes to 8 if need be.  If not, is Blowfish as its
> currently implemented on RELENG_7 considered strong enough ? There has
> been some discussion suggesting its not and some that it is.

I'm build-testing a backport of the sha2 code to 7 as we speak.

I vastly prefer sha512 to blf, as that is what the rest of the world
uses.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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