Default password encryption method.

[Simon L. B. Nielsen]

On Jun 19, 2012 3:16 PM, "Maxim Khitrov" <max at mxcrypt.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:10 AM, ian ivy <sidetripping at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > By default FreeBSD uses MD5 to encrypt passwords. MD5 is believed to be
> > more secure than e.g. DES but less than e.g. SHA512. Currently several
> > major Linux distributions, uses a SHA512 mechanism. Suse Linux also
offers
> > a blowfish.
> >
> > Some Debian based distributions use MD5-based algorithm compatible with
the
> > one
> > used by recent releases of FreeBSD - but mostly this variable (*
> > MD5_CRYPT_ENAB*)
> > is deprecated, and SHA512-based algorithm is used.
> >
> > Of course, in FreeBSD we can change the MD5 for example to BLF,
> > but, it will be not a better solution to use SHA512 by default?
>
> This has been discussed recently in the following thread:
>
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2012-June/006271.html

The FreeBSD Security Team is also looking at (/poking people to look at)
solutions which will improve the the time it takes to brute force passwords
significantly more.

-- 
Simon