Re: Salt for /etc/shadow and passwd?

["Jason Lim" <maillist@jasonlim.com>]

Hi,

Thanks for the confirmation :-)

Sincerely,
Jason Lim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Morin" <thomas.morin@webmotion.com>
To: "Jason Lim" <maillist@jasonlim.com>
Cc: <debian-isp@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 4:02 AM
Subject: Re: Salt for /etc/shadow and passwd?


> -. 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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