diff --git a/secure/lib/libcrypt/crypt-des.c b/secure/lib/libcrypt/crypt-des.c
--- a/secure/lib/libcrypt/crypt-des.c
+++ b/secure/lib/libcrypt/crypt-des.c
@@ -74,27 +74,27 @@
 #endif
 
 
-static u_char	IP[64] = {
+static const u_char	IP[64] = {
 	58, 50, 42, 34, 26, 18, 10,  2, 60, 52, 44, 36, 28, 20, 12,  4,
 	62, 54, 46, 38, 30, 22, 14,  6, 64, 56, 48, 40, 32, 24, 16,  8,
 	57, 49, 41, 33, 25, 17,  9,  1, 59, 51, 43, 35, 27, 19, 11,  3,
 	61, 53, 45, 37, 29, 21, 13,  5, 63, 55, 47, 39, 31, 23, 15,  7
 };
 
-static u_char	inv_key_perm[64];
-static u_char	key_perm[56] = {
+static __thread u_char	inv_key_perm[64];
+static const u_char	key_perm[56] = {
 	57, 49, 41, 33, 25, 17,  9,  1, 58, 50, 42, 34, 26, 18,
 	10,  2, 59, 51, 43, 35, 27, 19, 11,  3, 60, 52, 44, 36,
 	63, 55, 47, 39, 31, 23, 15,  7, 62, 54, 46, 38, 30, 22,
 	14,  6, 61, 53, 45, 37, 29, 21, 13,  5, 28, 20, 12,  4
 };
 
-static u_char	key_shifts[16] = {
+static const u_char	key_shifts[16] = {
 	1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
 };
 
-static u_char	inv_comp_perm[56];
-static u_char	comp_perm[48] = {
+static __thread u_char	inv_comp_perm[56];
+static const u_char	comp_perm[48] = {
 	14, 17, 11, 24,  1,  5,  3, 28, 15,  6, 21, 10,
 	23, 19, 12,  4, 26,  8, 16,  7, 27, 20, 13,  2,
 	41, 52, 31, 37, 47, 55, 30, 40, 51, 45, 33, 48,
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@
  *	No E box is used, as it's replaced by some ANDs, shifts, and ORs.
  */
 
-static u_char	u_sbox[8][64];
-static u_char	sbox[8][64] = {
+static __thread u_char	u_sbox[8][64];
+static const u_char	sbox[8][64] = {
 	{
 		14,  4, 13,  1,  2, 15, 11,  8,  3, 10,  6, 12,  5,  9,  0,  7,
 		 0, 15,  7,  4, 14,  2, 13,  1, 10,  6, 12, 11,  9,  5,  3,  8,
@@ -157,13 +157,13 @@
 	}
 };
 
-static u_char	un_pbox[32];
-static u_char	pbox[32] = {
+static __thread u_char	un_pbox[32];
+static const u_char	pbox[32] = {
 	16,  7, 20, 21, 29, 12, 28, 17,  1, 15, 23, 26,  5, 18, 31, 10,
 	 2,  8, 24, 14, 32, 27,  3,  9, 19, 13, 30,  6, 22, 11,  4, 25
 };
 
-static u_int32_t	bits32[32] =
+static const u_int32_t	bits32[32] =
 {
 	0x80000000, 0x40000000, 0x20000000, 0x10000000,
 	0x08000000, 0x04000000, 0x02000000, 0x01000000,
@@ -175,24 +175,24 @@
 	0x00000008, 0x00000004, 0x00000002, 0x00000001
 };
 
-static u_char	bits8[8] = { 0x80, 0x40, 0x20, 0x10, 0x08, 0x04, 0x02, 0x01 };
-
-static u_int32_t	saltbits;
-static u_int32_t	old_salt;
-static u_int32_t	*bits28, *bits24;
-static u_char		init_perm[64], final_perm[64];
-static u_int32_t	en_keysl[16], en_keysr[16];
-static u_int32_t	de_keysl[16], de_keysr[16];
-static int		des_initialised = 0;
-static u_char		m_sbox[4][4096];
-static u_int32_t	psbox[4][256];
-static u_int32_t	ip_maskl[8][256], ip_maskr[8][256];
-static u_int32_t	fp_maskl[8][256], fp_maskr[8][256];
-static u_int32_t	key_perm_maskl[8][128], key_perm_maskr[8][128];
-static u_int32_t	comp_maskl[8][128], comp_maskr[8][128];
-static u_int32_t	old_rawkey0, old_rawkey1;
-
-static u_char	ascii64[] =
+static const u_char	bits8[8] = { 0x80, 0x40, 0x20, 0x10, 0x08, 0x04, 0x02, 0x01 };
+
+static __thread u_int32_t	saltbits;
+static __thread u_int32_t	old_salt;
+static __thread const u_int32_t	*bits28, *bits24;
+static __thread u_char		init_perm[64], final_perm[64];
+static __thread u_int32_t	en_keysl[16], en_keysr[16];
+static __thread u_int32_t	de_keysl[16], de_keysr[16];
+static __thread int		des_initialised = 0;
+static __thread u_char		m_sbox[4][4096];
+static __thread u_int32_t	psbox[4][256];
+static __thread u_int32_t	ip_maskl[8][256], ip_maskr[8][256];
+static __thread u_int32_t	fp_maskl[8][256], fp_maskr[8][256];
+static __thread u_int32_t	key_perm_maskl[8][128], key_perm_maskr[8][128];
+static __thread u_int32_t	comp_maskl[8][128], comp_maskr[8][128];
+static __thread u_int32_t	old_rawkey0, old_rawkey1;
+
+static const u_char	ascii64[] =
 	 "./0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
 /*	  0000000000111111111122222222223333333333444444444455555555556666 */
 /*	  0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123 */