Re: Woody install report
On 21 Oct 2001 11:45:47 +0200
"Falk Hueffner" <falk.hueffner@student.uni-tuebingen.de> wrote:
> Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> writes:
>
> > > (3) in the post-boot configuration, why are MD5 passwords
defaulted to
> > > "No" ie not enabled ?
> >
> > compatibility with crufty old unixes i suppose. if you were to make
> > the box into an NIS server that would matter i think.
>
> Somebody who wants that will know to what to answer. People who don't
> know what this is all about will want MD5 passwords, so this should be
> the default.
>
Yea i agree, MD5 is a lot more secure.
Glenn
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