No it's not the same use bcrypt On May 30, 2017 9:32:13 PM GMT+02:00, Allan Streib <astr...@indiana.edu> wrote: >My /etc/login.conf file has "blowfish,a" as the value for localciper in >the default class. > >The login.conf(5) man page sys this about the "localcipher" capability: > >localcipher string blowfish,a The cipher to use for > encrypting passwords. Refer > to crypt_newhash(3) for > possible values. > > >The crypt_newhash(3) man page mentions only this value: > >``bcrypt,<rounds>'' > The bcrypt algorithm, where the value of rounds can be between 4 > and 31 and specifies the base 2 logarithm of the number of > rounds. The special rounds value `a' automatically selects > rounds based on system performance. > > >Are "blowfish,a" and "bcrypt,a" the same? > >Allan
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