Re: Salt for /etc/shadow and passwd?

To: Jason Lim <maillist@jasonlim.com>
Cc: <debian-isp@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: Salt for /etc/shadow and passwd?
From: Thomas Morin <thomas.morin@webmotion.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 16:02:03 -0400 (EDT)
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 00ba01c10efa$4fce0840$7e0110ac@zentek>

-. Jason Lim (2001-07-18) :
 |
 | Okay... I wasn't thinking. The salt is stored within the crypted password
 | generated, which is why password crackers work.

Yes, with crypt(3) the salt is precisely the first two characters.

-tom

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