On 2009/05/23 19:56, Bryan wrote: > On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 18:13, Predrag Punosevac <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Ports, > > > > For the past couple days Colin Percival has worked very hard to fix > > crypt so that it can compile on OpenBSD. I am attaching the new version > > of crypt-1.1.3 which he didn't yet post on his web site. It is vanilla > > package, it is not the port of OpenBSD. Crypt-1.1.3 now compiles > > without any patches on OpenBSD. Just untar ./configure, make, > > make install. I am playing with it on my 4.4 amd64 machine as we > > speak. So far it works for me. It would be good idea that people > > running current try to compile and play with it. I personally will > > install a snapshot in next couple of days and try to make a port. > > > > Cheers, > > Predrag > > > > As nice as a new package sounds, openssl will encrypt files too... > even found a script that will automate the process... > > http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Encrypt-files-quickly-with-OpenSSL-87586 >
If you read the paper and presentation at http://www.tarsnap.com/scrypt/ you might see why it could be useful. It uses a new key derivation function designed to increase the cost of a brute-force attack.
