Re: MD5 passwords
On Sun, Apr 25, 1999 at 02:23:58PM -0400, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> Stephen Crowley <crow@debian.org> writes:
>
> I was wondering if the boot-floppies could be modified to prompt for MD5
> passwords, the same way it asks for shadow. Maybe it could be default?
>
> Why? Is there an advantage to MD5 passwords? (If this is a FAQ
> please just point me to the appropriate FM to RT.)
I guess the question would be, why not? It allows unlimited password length
and is much harder to crack if someone does happen to get ahold of
/etc/shadow.
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Stephen Crowley
Debian GNU/Linux - http://www.debian.org
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