Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 13:04:16 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> To: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> Cc: Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MS5 password salt calculation Message-ID: <20011231130416.B71938@over-yonder.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0112311026380.28726-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au>; from andyf@speednet.com.au on Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 10:32:41AM %2B1100 References: <20011230013854.A39364@wjv.com> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0112311026380.28726-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au>
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On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 10:32:41AM +1100 I heard the voice of Andy Farkas, and lo! it spake thus: > On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Bill Vermillion wrote: > > > ... You should also not[e] that the > > next $ is the salt separator, and on my system there are typically 8 > > digits after $1$ and before the next $, for 2trillion+ salts. > > > > Bill > > Its interesting that my master.passwd file circa 2.2.x days has only 5 > chars between the $'s, yet more recent ones have 8. Interestingly, looking at my passwd file shows some with 5, and some 8 with. Guess that shows who doesn't change their passwords often enough ;) -- Matthew Fuller (MF4839) | fullermd@over-yonder.net Unix Systems Administrator | fullermd@futuresouth.com Specializing in FreeBSD | http://www.over-yonder.net/ "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is because I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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