Re: Passwd encryption

Michael Schwingen (m.schwingen@stochastik.rwth-aachen.de)
Thu, 26 Oct 1995 18:25:17 +0100 (MET)

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> I may have missed it. Why not use a non reversable checksum, say one
> of the many 64 or 128 bit versions of MD5, Snefru, etc?

It would be better if you could share passwd files between different machines,
and that would require a compatible algorithm.

cu
Michael

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