At 02:13 PM 9/19/96 -0500, you wrote: >On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, Ron Hensley wrote: >> > and UNIX passwords are _IMPOSSIBLE_ to crack. (I know, you have heard the same >> > bullshit I have about someone claiming they can crack them)i. A person would he >encryption on the password in some way. This is definately not possible >with passwords in unix. >They are indeed uncrackable. But they are absolutely not unguessable. >All Crack does is guessing passwords and see if they are the same. >Doesn't have much to do with cracking except in the name of the program.. > yea, that is what I was referring to. decrypting a unix password is impossible (even if you know the key word the particuliar unix bases it's encryption off of). But people claim to be able too, *laugh*. My advisor would sure like to meet them (he has 2 phd's, one from MIT), for he is unable to crack unix passwords. (he worked for Sun for 8 years). Anyway, back to the original post, a system is pretty secure from someone just connecting thru a port greater than 1000, such as a mud. There is not much you can do from a login prompt. Chuck +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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