From owner-freebsd-security Mon Dec 31 11: 4:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from draco.over-yonder.net (draco.over-yonder.net [198.78.58.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C34BD37B41D for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2001 11:04:17 -0800 (PST) Received: by draco.over-yonder.net (Postfix, from userid 100) id B5C1FFC2; Mon, 31 Dec 2001 13:04:16 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 13:04:16 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Andy Farkas Cc: Bill Vermillion , security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MS5 password salt calculation Message-ID: <20011231130416.B71938@over-yonder.net> References: <20011230013854.A39364@wjv.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from andyf@speednet.com.au on Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 10:32:41AM +1100 X-Editor: vi X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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