[vox] When did Linux start using MD5?

Nicole TWN vox@lists.lugod.org
Mon, 26 Apr 2004 13:27:43 -0700


Hi everyone

Anyone know, offhand, when any major Linux distro started supporting 
MD5-hashed passwords?  (I'm commenting on a memo that claims RH 7.3 uses 
a non-MD5 hash; my contention is that MD5 was available, at least as an 
option, for years and years.)

Thanks bunches

--nicole twn