Re: [Scsh-hackers] crypt issues

[Martin Gasbichler <gasbichl@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

>>>>> "Olin" == shivers  <shivers@cc.gatech.edu> writes:

Olin> However, I did notice that FreeBSD's crypt takes a much hairier salt
Olin> argument, with backwards support for the standard two-char salt. Is
Olin> this going to be adequate for your purposes, Mike?

That's what I meant with "the first two characters"...

Olin> I also grumpily note crypt(3) isn't thread safe, hence would require a 
lock
Olin> in an OS-thread implementation. Can we say this loudly in the comments
Olin> above the function?

We don't have OS-threads, so why bother?

-- 
Martin