Re: Which password cipher ?

[Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost>]

On Thu, Dec 02, 2010 at 12:02:32AM +0100, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> 
> It discusses some of the possible attack vectors. IMO we should make the
> Blowfish or SHA1 based cypher the default and not ask. The only case

Then it should be SHA1, because that's the only choice various standards
will allow (the only Approved underlying cryptographic algorithm).

The problem is NIS.  There interoperability is a real issue, and we
probably do need to ask.

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  Thor Lancelot Simon                                        
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