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Re: Users Password



Unix password encryption algorythm is a varient of the DES (Data Encryption
Standard) algorythm + 2 bytes (calles salt) added (in several iteratto
make it ireversable (which it is;-)). I.e. you can't "reverse engineer"
the passwords from the passwd file....
 
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On Sun, 30 Aug 1998, Meir Litmanovich wrote:

> You can use on of those password cracking techiques.
> In case you have stupid users/bad security rules 
> you'll probably guess most of the password in
> a week or two with few poweerful machines .
> If not - you have big problem.
> Consider putting some message to /etc/issue
> about sending you their password or something
> like it. Be very careful with security on
> such yhings.
> 
> MEir
> 
> 
> On Sun, 30 Aug 1998, Ben - Nes Michael wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> > 
> > Because i switch to other authentication system I need to get back all
> > my users encrypted password form the passwd file (im talking on thousand
> > + - ).
> > 
> > If ill have to call each one of them ill probably die :-(
> > 
> > Is there a way to do this ?
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> > Fax: 972-6-6925858        
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> > 
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