On 16/07/2018 21:02, Carl-Valentin Schmitt wrote:
Up to recent time it was that Command passwd involved mcrypt. Right? Will soon OpenSSL substitute mcrypt? Or is OpenSSL too big for this?
I guess you are referring to the libmcrypt, a cryptographic library which is kind of an alternative to OpenSSL's "libcrypto" (formerly libeay). I also presume this is about the OS level "passwd" command in some *N*X system, like Linux or BSD. If so, this would be up to the maintainers of that system command on that *N*X OS distribution to decide if they want to switch from using libmcrypt to using the OpenSSL 1.1.x's libcrypto to implement the standard cryptographic primitives involved in the *N*X password hashing schemes. In practice it should also be noted that there are often additional layers behind the passwd(1) command, such as PAM and libcrypt (no O or M). So the actual decision to use libmcrypt, libcrypto or any other library would probably be up to the maintainer of that lower system layer. Enjoy Jakob -- Jakob Bohm, CIO, Partner, WiseMo A/S. https://www.wisemo.com Transformervej 29, 2860 Søborg, Denmark. Direct +45 31 13 16 10 This public discussion message is non-binding and may contain errors. WiseMo - Remote Service Management for PCs, Phones and Embedded -- openssl-users mailing list To unsubscribe: https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/openssl-users
