1996-12-31 - Re: Unix Passwd
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From: iang@cs.berkeley.edu (Ian Goldberg)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Reply To: <199612261556.HAA05096@slack.lne.com>
UTC Datetime: 1996-12-31 19:05:28 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 11:05:28 -0800 (PST)
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From: iang@cs.berkeley.edu (Ian Goldberg)
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 11:05:28 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Unix Passwd
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In article <Pine.LNX.3.95.961226144201.17791B-100000@micro.internexus.net>,
Laszlo Vecsey <master@internexus.net> wrote:
>From Applied Cryptography (2nd edition) I got the impression that it has
>been cracked. Do a netsearch for "Crypt Breakers Workbench", its a
>freeware program that attempts to do just that.
Please note the difference between crypt(3), the C library call used to
hash passwords, and crypt(1), the user program that encrypts files. The
former is based on DES, and has not been broken (unless someone from the
NSA wants to speak up now). The latter is based on the Enigma machine,
and is the one that "Crypt Breakers Workbench" attacks.
- Ian
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- 1996-12-26 (Thu, 26 Dec 1996 06:42:04 -0800 (PST)) - Re: Unix Passwd - Carl Johnson <toto@sk.sympatico.ca>
- 1996-12-26 (Thu, 26 Dec 1996 07:58:11 -0800 (PST)) - Re: Unix Passwd - Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
- 1996-12-26 (Thu, 26 Dec 1996 11:46:35 -0800 (PST)) - Re: Unix Passwd - Laszlo Vecsey <master@internexus.net>
- 1996-12-31 (Tue, 31 Dec 1996 11:05:28 -0800 (PST)) - Re: Unix Passwd - iang@cs.berkeley.edu (Ian Goldberg)
- 1996-12-26 (Thu, 26 Dec 1996 15:42:20 -0800 (PST)) - Re: Unix Passwd - Genocide <gen2600@aracnet.com>
- 1996-12-26 (Thu, 26 Dec 1996 02:51:25 -0800 (PST)) - Unix Passwd - Fyodor Yarochkin <fygrave@freenet.bishkek.su>