Inquirer – (International) The md5crypt() author says the algorithm is no longer secure. The author of md5crypt(), which is used to encrypt passwords on some FreeBSD and Linux-based operating systems, said it is no longer secure despite being recommended as a password hashing function. He implemented a researcher's MD5 one-way hashing algorithm in his md5crypt() function that has been in use on FreeBSD and Linux-based operating systems for many years. Now, the author was forced to say md5crypt() is no longer secure after he claimed people were still recommending it for production use.
Ali Loney is a Senior UX Designer at Walmart Labs. She is based in Canada and was the former Graphic Designer at Sonatype.
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