Re: [PATCH] offers users MD5, SHA-256, or SHA-512

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David Cantrell (dcantrell@xxxxxxxxxx) said: 
> > Why not default to whichever is deemed 'most secure', and have it only
> > frobbable via kickstart for paranoid^Wpower users?
> 
> I thought about that, but it seems like a reasonable setting to have in the UI.
> There may be instances where a Fedora users wants to stick with an algorithm
> other than our default for one reason or another (I have no idea, but there's
> got to be a reason...copying shadow files among distributions maybe or among
> different operating systems, using some service that can't--for whatever
> reason--deal with anything but, say, SHA-256).

Then why isn't there an option for crypt() style passwords in the UI?

Bill

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