Re: The design of the MD5 crypt() in FreeBSD

2001-06-02 Thread Spike Gronim
On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 07:46:28AM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Spike Gronim writes: > > > I understand the literal meaning of /usr/src/lib/libcrypt/crypt-md5.c, > >and the algorithm it uses to create it's output. However, I do not understand > >the design

Re: The design of the MD5 crypt() in FreeBSD

2001-06-01 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Spike Gronim writes: > I understand the literal meaning of /usr/src/lib/libcrypt/crypt-md5.c, >and the algorithm it uses to create it's output. However, I do not understand >the design criteria or functional purpose of several elements of the process. At th

The design of the MD5 crypt() in FreeBSD

2001-06-01 Thread Spike Gronim
Hey. I was asked a question about the use of salts in password files recently, and it prompted me to look up exactly how FreeBSD uses the salt. The 'DES Extended Format' salt is described in the man page and makes sense to me. However, the MD5 hash's use of the salt is not spelled out in