From: Greg Troxel (gdtir.bbn.com)
Date: Tue Aug 05 2003 - 11:56:17 CDT

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"Jeremy C. Reed" <reedreedmedia.net> writes:

> It seems like more operating systems support MD5; for compatibility, maybe
> it should be used. Does anyone have a list of what hash/cipher
> types work out of the box for various operating systems?

This is a very important consideration. I like to be able to copy
passwd lines between NetBSD and FreeBSD, for example.

I realize that I can set the defaults to md5, even if the default
default changes to blowfish. But given that blowfish is a boutique
cipher, I would want to see a strong argument that there is something
wrong with the md5 method before changing the default. (Sorry if this
has been made and I missed it.)

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        Greg Troxel <gdtir.bbn.com>

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