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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: WARNING!
Message-ID: <15927@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 21 Apr 91 00:17:28 GMT
References: <1991Apr14.093305.12559@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu> <1991Apr20.150213.23439@csusac.csus.edu> <1991Apr20.163540.23924@engin.umich.edu>
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In article <1991Apr20.163540.23924@engin.umich.edu> Mike O'Connor <mjo@ais.org> writes:
>How would the passwords be recognized as such?  Visual inspection?

A UNIX password is "recognized" when it is found to encrypt to the
known ciphertext.  Note that for purposes of account cracking, any
plaintext having this property will serve as a password just as
good as the one you originally chose (in case there are multiple
plaintexts that encrypt to the same ciphertext).