Re: Is "preseeding the root password with a MD5 hash" an interesting feature for d-i?

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Subject: Re: Is "preseeding the root password with a MD5 hash" an interesting feature for d-i?
From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 22:49:05 +0200
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[Joey Hess]
> Unlike pere I don't consider putting a md5 hash in a preseed file
> safe, at least if the file is sent over the network.

Oh, I would not dream of sending it over the network.  I was thinking
about providing it on a floppy or on the local hard drive.

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- Is "preseeding the root password with a MD5 hash" an interesting feature for d-i?
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- Re: Is "preseeding the root password with a MD5 hash" an interesting feature for d-i?
  - From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

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