17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
The Deviant wrote: | On Sat, 16 Nov 1996, Joshua E. Hill wrote: | > I'm trying to think of a function to replace UNIX's crypt(3). | > My design criteria are as follows: | Why? UNIX passwords with password shadowing are as secure as any password | system is going to get. If your security holes are with passwords, its | because your admin is to lazy to install needed security provissions, not | because the system of checking passwords is bad. A longer salt would make running crack against a large password file slower. Adam -- "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume