Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!athena.mit.edu!jik From: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc Subject: Re: how are password encryped? Message-ID: <1990Nov12.010332.22237@athena.mit.edu> Date: 12 Nov 90 01:03:32 GMT References: <13507@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> <1990Nov9.095039.20561@newcastle.ac.uk> <11101@ccncsu.ColoState.EDU> <6686@uceng.UC.EDU> Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background) Reply-To: jik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) Distribution: na Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lines: 12 In article <6686@uceng.UC.EDU>, schriste@uceng.UC.EDU (Steven V. Christensen) writes: |> A though just occurring--- since the sources for the encryption algorithms |> are available, why hasn't anyone written a decrypter? Is the algorithm that |> "one way"ish? Yes, crypt() is a one-way function. -- Jonathan Kamens USnail: MIT Project Athena 11 Ashford Terrace jik@Athena.MIT.EDU Allston, MA 02134 Office: 617-253-8085 Home: 617-782-0710