Re: passwd hashing algorithm

Dave Sill (de5@sws5.CTD.ORNL.GOV)
Thu, 20 Apr 1995 18:12:34 GMT

Charlie Watt <watt@sware.com>
>
>As you point out, a better cryptographic linkage between blocks would 
>force the attacker to search the full password space for a given multiblock
>password rather than break it down into separate 8 byte searches.  We will 
>incoporate this into our next release.  Thanks for the feedback.  

Why not just use md5 instead?

-Dave