Bill Moran writes: > I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but you can't do this > without establishing this as an entirely new algorithm. The hashes > generated after your patch will not be compatible with existing password > files, thus anyone who applies this will be unable to log in. Have you > tried it?
Yes, which is why I reset my passwords after doing "make install", which worked fine. I suppose I should have mentioned that in the first message. :) People installing the OS fresh won't need to take this step. Note that 1,000 is simply too low -- the security value of PHK's scheme is lost as computers increase in speed. Therefore, taking a minute to update my passwords is acceptable to me. Since there is 0 cost for people installing fresh, there is no reason not to do it. The blowfish algorithm should also be similarly tuned. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
