cvs commit: src/release Makefile

Ceri Davies ceri at submonkey.net
Wed Sep 28 12:08:13 PDT 2005


On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 05:02:16AM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-Sep-28 15:10:19 +0200, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> >On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 01:46:14PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> >+> On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 12:39:00PM +0000, Ken Smith wrote:
> >+> > kensmith    2005-09-28 12:39:00 UTC
> >+> > 
> >+> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >+> > 
> >+> >   Modified files:
> >+> >     release              Makefile 
> >+> >   Log:
> >+> >   Add SHA256 checksums to the release build.
> >+> 
> >+> Good idea.  Along these lines, does anyone know what the barriers are
> >+> in moving the default password hash from md5 to blowfish (not for
> >+> RELENG_6, just in general), or has it just not been done yet?
> 
> You need to a line "crypt_default = blf" to /etc/auth.conf
> That said, the blowfish magic string looks wrong - the MD5 and NT
> hashes both have a training '$' but blowfish doesn't.  Is this
> deliberate or a typo?

I know how to do it, and it does work (it has been the first thing I do
on any system I build from 4.x up - you also need to update the default
login class in login.conf).  I'm just wondering why it isn't default.

Ceri
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