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Please use SHA-512 or SHA-256, available universally since 2.7. ** Changed in: glibc (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix ** Changed in: glibc (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1349252 Title: crypt(3) lacks Blowfish support Status in “glibc” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: crypt(3) bundled with Ubuntu's GNU C Library supports MD5, DES, SHA256 and SHA512 hashing methods, but lacks support for Blowfish (aka bcrypt). There is a patch available from Openwall: http://www.openwall.com/crypt/ To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/+bug/1349252/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp