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Re: Password encryption



On Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 00:40, Oliver Elphick wrote:

> Strictly, password encryption is authentication, rather than encryption,
> because password encryption is one-way: you cannot decrypt a password.

Well, yes, but . . .

What do you call "discovering" a weak password using the tools created
for that purpose?

Cheers,
 Pann
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