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From: kfurge@wqs1.ysi.com (K.C. Furge)
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Subject: Re: (no subject)
Date: 1 Mar 1996 13:43:52 GMT
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Andrew Wilson (Andrew.Wilson@cm.cf.ac.uk) wrote:
: Hi,

: 	FreeBSD's crypt library uses MD5 to improve crypt's
: unguessability.  Unfortunately I've got hold of some software 
: which don't want to know about how clever FreeBSD is and would
: quite like yer bog-standard boring crypt from the stone age,
: please, thank you very much.

I've used "ufc-crypt" and it's worked for me.  Simply link crypt.o and
libufc.a into your program instead of -lcrypt.  An archie search will 
find it for you. 

- K.C. Furge