Re: old unix crypt

2010-08-09 Thread Bob Proulx
T o n g wrote: > What's the current replacement for the old unix "crypt"? It depends upon what you mean by replacement. Do you want to decrypt previously encrypted files? Or do you want a currently best in class secure file encryption program? If the latter then 'gpg&#x

Re: old unix crypt

2010-08-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , T o n g wrote: >What's the current replacement for the old unix "crypt"? I suggest the "makepasswd" package, which contains the useful "makepasswd" script. It can generate passwords, but it also has the functions of crypt; check

old unix crypt

2010-08-09 Thread T o n g
Hi, What's the current replacement for the old unix "crypt"? mcrypt was intended to be the replacement, but "Please note that this package is buggy and unmaintained by the upstream authors". I hope openssl can do that, but I can't figure that out from openss