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From: tihor@acf3.NYU.EDU (Stephen Tihor)
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Subject: Re: QUEST for VAX users *********
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Date: 19 Mar 91 16:03:00 GMT
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Tsk.  THe best reference is the guide to system security.  Since passwords
on modern operating systems are only stored after a one one encryptions/hash
it is impossible to recover the old ones directly.  Since modern operating
systems stop the user authentication base in an area not readbale by
the user community you can;t even get at the old hashed values to compare
with except by using the system services (os calls) provided for that purpose.