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.) -- "...In the UNIX world, people tend to interpret `non-technical user' as meaning someone who's only ever written one device driver." --Daniel Pead