Subject: Re: Moving a database from one machine to another

From: Andrew Wilson <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 06:46:56 -0800

Hi,

	I know one of the FreeBSD core developers and he says, of MOO password
problems:

> From [email-masked] Mon Nov 29 10:05:58 1993
> From: [email-masked] (Paul)
> Subject: Re: Moving a database from one machine to another
> To: [email-masked] (Andrew Wilson)
> Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 10:05:37 +0000 (WET)
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> In reply to Andrew Wilson who said
> > Paul,
> > 	this is about some guy, Darren, having a database with SunOS encrypted
> > passwords and then trying to port the same database (the actual data ie
> > encrypted pwds) onto FreeBSD.  Pavel is the head honcho of the database server
> > design team.  Is this something you can say anything about, ie, FreeBSD being
> > incompatible with other U**X systems in this respect?  There are a lot of people
> > porting their dbs onto FreeBSD/Linux type PC boxes so this is quite an important
> > consideration as far as they're concerned.
> > 
> > Send me some e-mail and I'll frig up a reply to Pavel and the rest of these
> > database people.
> 
> Ok, the problem is quite simple but not easy to solve :-)
> 
> FreeBSD is shipped (i.e. binaries) with a simple text scrambler for
> encrypted passwords. SunOS uses DES encrypted passwords so a Sun
> password database won't make sense on a FreeBSD system.
> 
> The reason FreeBSD is shipped with a non DES encryption method is that
> US export restrictions forbid the exportation of DES technology because
> of possible military use -- it's a totally braindead law but that's the
> US for you. 
> 
> Having said that, we do supply DES encryption for FreeBSD if you're in
> the US and all non-US users who know the score use DES too. You just have
> to pick up the DES code from a site outside the US which isn't exactly
> hard. We are aware of the situation and what is needed is an official
> distribution site for FreeBSD ouside the US so we can put up the DES
> system for ftp.
> 
> If anyone wants to know the details of getting DES into FreeBSD then
> pass them onto me. I can supply the code and explain the problem.
> 
> What is this database project, if they're using FreeBSD maybe you could
> put then in touch with me and I'll sort out any problems they're having.
> 
> -- 
>   Paul Richards, University of Wales, College Cardiff
> 
>   Internet: [email-masked]
>   JANET: [email-masked]
> 

So now you know.  I recommend that those of you concerned should drop Paul a
line.

Andy.

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From: Darren Loher <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1993 14:01:55 -0800

I have lost the message from the one who 
suggested adding the -lcrypt flag when compiling.  This has worked
for me for now.  

I believe I already have the DES encryption libraries for BSD
installed on my system.  Hrm.  Anyways, it's working great now.
Thanks for all the help!