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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!hubcap!hubcap
  3. From: hubcap@hubcap.clemson.edu (System Janitor)
  4. Subject: Re: Problem with npasswd??
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul29.134918.14912@hubcap.clemson.edu>
  6. Organization: Clemson University
  7. References: <1992Jul27.184324.14697@hubcap.clemson.edu> <1992Jul28.012207.27248@news.uiowa.edu> <1992Jul28.160606.12234@hubcap.clemson.edu> <1992Jul28.192523.1862@decuac.dec.com>
  8. Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 13:49:18 GMT
  9. Lines: 11
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  11. mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. "will do TCP/IP for food" Ranum) writes:
  12.  
  13. >    Un-crackable password files are in principle a contradiction
  14. >in terms.
  15.  
  16. I am not searching for un-crackable passwords, just un-Crackable ones. In
  17. other words, I want to combat Crack, which is available to every bored 
  18. undergrad in the universe. This discussion has produced some good ideas
  19. (which I didn't think of) and if they pan out, we'll let y'all know.
  20.  
  21. -Mike
  22.