Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> writes:
> > (3) in the post-boot configuration, why are MD5 passwords defaulted to
> > "No" ie not enabled ?
>
> compatibility with crufty old unixes i suppose. if you were to make
> the box into an NIS server that would matter i think.
Somebody who wants that will know to what to answer. People who don't
know what this is all about will want MD5 passwords, so this should be
the default.
Falk