Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 11:20:10 +0800 (GMT)
From: Orlando Andico <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
To: James MacDonald <trill AT Xnetbook DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Implementing CRYPT algorithm in DOS?
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On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, James MacDonald wrote:

> 
> Is it possible to implement crypt() in DOS?
> I need to compile this program :
[..]

Implementing the standard 56-bit crypt(1) algorithm is non-trivial to do
yourself, besides why bother to write your own when there's a standard
"canonical version" out there?

Just get yourself a copy of GNU libc for Linux (big!) and cut out the
crypt(1) implementation there. You're set.

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