[net.crypt] VMS password encryption

don@allegra.UUCP (D. Mitchell) (01/05/85)

UNIX uses a variation of DES to hash passwords.  Does anyone know what
the DEC VMS system does?

tli@uscvax.UUCP (Tony Li) (01/07/85)

> UNIX uses a variation of DES to hash passwords.  Does anyone know what
> the DEC VMS system does?

VMS has used two different schemes:  The first was an Autodin-II polynomial. 
The current scheme is a Purdy polynomial.

Cheers, 
Tony ;-)

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