Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Jun 1999 10:26:10 +0300 (EEST) | From | "A. Wik" <> | Subject | Re: R: Do not use stock RedHat 6.0 kernels with SMBFS! [OFF-TOPIC] |
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On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Steve Dodd wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 06:48:30PM +0000, A. Wik wrote: > > > Besides, unless public-key > > cryptography is used, passwords have to be stored in plain-text (or > > another sensitive format) on disk if they are to be encrypted on the > > network. > > Rubbish. Store a secure one-way hash of the password. The problem is just > in choosing a secure algorithm.
No, the one-way hashes are still sensitive (more so than a shadow file).
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