Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site uscvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!uscvax!tli From: tli@uscvax.UUCP (Tony Li) Newsgroups: net.crypt Subject: Re: VMS password encryption Message-ID: <1372@uscvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 00:05:27 EST Article-I.D.: uscvax.1372 Posted: Mon Jan 7 00:05:27 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Jan-85 05:41:35 EST References: <2990@allegra.UUCP> Organization: CS&CE Depts, U.S.C., Los Angeles, CA Lines: 14 > 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 ;-) -- Tony Li ;-) Usc Computer Science Uucp: {sdcrdcf,randvax}!uscvax!tli Csnet: tli@usc-cse.csnet Arpa: tli@usc-ecl