On 02/06/17 10:18 AM, Ed Schouten wrote:
> Hi Allan,
>
> 2017-02-06 9:27 GMT+01:00 Allan Jude <allanj...@freebsd.org>:
>> The use of DES for anything is discouraged, especially with a static IV of >> 0
>
> Not entirely related to this, but still...
>
> Do we want to go ahead and also remove DES support from crypt(3)?
> Compared to the other crypt formats, the DES implementation seems
> fairly large, uses global state, etc.
>
> I can send out a change for code review if people {like,don't object to} this.
>
I remember in the 4.x days, there was a documented reason why you might
need to keep des crypt(3) instead of using md5crypt, but I would hope
that went away a long time ago.
I am in favour of this, but I don't know what all of the implications
might be.
We should likely ask someone on secteam@ about this.
--
Allan Jude
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