[Re: Default password hash]

On 6/8/12, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <[e-mail]> wrote:
> We still have MD5 as our default password hash, even though known-hash
> attacks against MD5 are relatively easy these days.  We've supported
> SHA256 and SHA512 for many years now, so how about making SHA512 the
> default instead of MD5, like on most Linux distributions?
>
> Index: etc/login.conf
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> --- etc/login.conf      (revision 236616)
> +++ etc/login.conf      (working copy)
> @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
>  # AND SEMANTICS'' section of getcap(3) for more escape sequences).
>
>  default:\
> -       :passwd_format=3Dmd5:\
> +       :passwd_format=3Dsha512:\
>         :copyright=3D/etc/COPYRIGHT:\
>         :welcome=3D/etc/motd:\
>         :setenv=3DMAIL=3D/var/mail/$,BLOCKSIZE=3DK,FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=3DYES=
:\
>
> DES
> --
> Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - [e-mail]
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