We now use blf by default instead of md5

Approved by: wblock
svn path=/head/; revision=39250
2012-07-22 22:19:41 +00:00 · 2012-07-22 22:19:41 +00:00 · df7ba75f83 · 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00
commit df7ba75f83
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--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
@ -1849,8 +1849,10 @@
 	</question>

 	<answer>
-	  <para>The default password format on &os; is to use
-	    <emphasis>MD5</emphasis>-based passwords.  These are
+	  <para>&os;&nbsp;7 and 8 use MD5 password hashing by
+	    default.  Recent versions
+	    of &os; use <emphasis>blf</emphasis> by default.
+	    These are
 	    believed to be more secure than the traditional &unix;
 	    password format, which used a scheme based on the
 	    <emphasis>DES</emphasis> algorithm.  DES passwords are still