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.\" $NetBSD: crypt.3,v 1.23 2012/01/01 23:18:51 christos Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: crypt.3,v 1.24 2012/01/01 23:42:03 christos Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@ -244,7 +244,9 @@ for interpretation.
.Ss "Blowfish" crypt
The
.Tn Blowfish
version of crypt has 128 bits of
version of
.Fn crypt
has 128 bits of
.Fa salt
in order to make building dictionaries of common passwords space consuming.
The initial state of the
@ -307,7 +309,9 @@ Unfortunately, most existing applications aren't prepared to handle
.Dv NULL
returns from
.Fn crypt .
The description below corresponds to this implementation of crypt only.
The description below corresponds to this implementation of
.Fn crypt
only.
The behavior may change to match standards, other implementations or existing
applications.
.Pp
@ -315,11 +319,12 @@ applications.
may only fail (and return) when passed an invalid or unsupported
.Fa setting ,
in which case it returns a pointer to a magic string that is shorter than 13
haracters and is guaranteed to differ from
characters and is guaranteed to differ from
.Fa setting .
This behavior is safe for older applications which assume that crypt can't
fail, when both setting new passwords and authenticating against existing
password hashes.
This behavior is safe for older applications which assume that
.Fn crypt
can't fail, when both setting new passwords and authenticating against
existing password hashes.
.Pp
The functions
.Fn setkey ,