On Fri, 2009-04-17 at 12:00 -0400, pam-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Sudarshan Soma <sudarshan12s@xxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: Pluggable Authentication Modules <pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: Pluggable Authentication Modules <pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: crypt function mode > Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:36:07 +0530 > > Hi All, > Can anyone please let me know what block ciphers mode( Electronic > Codebook Mode (ECB) , Cipher Blockchaining Mode (CBC),..) > does the crypt function used in pam_unix use. It doesn't. These are for symmetric encryption, the crypt function uses them as a one way hash (that why the later versions use MD5). > Please suggest me any pointers , if this is more of the crypt function > question. You might try reading the code; it's about as good a description as any. Cheers, - Martin _______________________________________________ Pam-list mailing list Pam-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list
