On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:15:53AM -0500, David Krider wrote: : I was just wondering why SuSE defaults to using "plain old" DES : encryption for passwords, instead of MD5, like most other distros. I'm : not a crypto guy. I've been meaning to get _Applied Cryptography_ for : awhile now, but I still haven't, so I don't know the difference. I just : like using a 10-place password for root. A quick Google search doesn't : turn up anything on this. Does anyone know why this is the situation? : Does anyone know why I should or shouldn't care? Maybe to be consistent with commercial UNIXs that don't have MD5. This should also give you the ability to cut-and-paste password/shadow entries from say a Solaris box and vice versa. --Jerry -- Open-Source software isn't a matter of life or death... ...It's much more important than that!