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We now use blf by default instead of md5

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Approved by:	wblock
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Eitan Adler 2012-07-22 22:19:41 +00:00
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en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
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</question> </question>
<answer> <answer>
<para>The default password format on &os; is to use <para>&os;&nbsp;7 and 8 use MD5 password hashing by
<emphasis>MD5</emphasis>-based passwords. These are default. Recent versions
of &os; use <emphasis>blf</emphasis> by default.
These are
believed to be more secure than the traditional &unix; believed to be more secure than the traditional &unix;
password format, which used a scheme based on the password format, which used a scheme based on the
<emphasis>DES</emphasis> algorithm. DES passwords are still <emphasis>DES</emphasis> algorithm. DES passwords are still