Cores and Extras Heliotropic Computing

Solaris provides a cryptographic framework to it's users. There are different providers like user level , kernel level and even hardware level are available. Different kind of algorithms are used like symmetric , asymmetric or hash functions. While using a cryptography algorithm to secure some confidential data one thing must be keep in mind that weak algorithms may break all security measures and make confidential data available to some unauthorized user. There are many third party password encryption algorithms available in the web. Someone can download and install it through 'pkgadd' and use it by editing '/etc/security/crypt.conf' , '/etc/security/policy.conf' etc. But using a non-standard algorithm is dangerous because it's very much vulnerable to attack and intruders can easily gain access to a system by deciphering through those algorithms.
So password protection and other valuable data protection must be done by a widely used , well known and well standard encryption algorithm only. It's recommended to use algorithms which uses keys that are at least 128 bits in length for adequate security.
Weak hash functions also bring same kind of threats as reversible hash functions can be exploited by an intruder to determine the original input and gain access to a system. So while using any kind of cryptographic framework , an user must be very careful as it may cause serious security problems in a system.