>As Jerzy Kakol said: >> >> >> ...the attribute readable for others in case of the file /etc/passwd? > >Perhaps a bit, but not too much. The passwords in /etc/passwd are encrypted >through one-way DES encryption. It's much easier to simply guess users' >passwords, the majority of which are first-names or first-names followed >by a number. > >> >> TIA. >> >> Jerzy Kakol >> >--gilbert >______________________________________________________________________ >Gilbert Ramirez Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] >University of Texas http://merece.uthscsa.edu/gram >Health Science Center at San Antonio University Health System >
Actually, cracking a unix passwd file is quite easy, even for those with minimal computer knowledge. With widely available programs like Crack (UNIX), Crakerjack (DOS), and root_crack(DOS) anybody with a CPU >386 can crack the DES encryption with a bit of time. Mike...