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From: smb@ulysses.UUCP (Steven Bellovin)
Newsgroups: net.crypt
Subject: Re: How secure is 'crypt'?
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Date: Mon, 6-May-85 18:03:26 EDT
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Posted: Mon May  6 18:03:26 1985
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> Can anyone tell me how secure 'crypt' is on a UNIX system?
> Lets assume that the password is secure and not obvious.
> Thanks,
> Bernd R.
> 
> Bernd 'bear-nd'            *** hooray for USENET ***
> (Not affiliated with, nor speaking for U.C. San Diego)
> UUCP: ...!ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdcc12!wa371,   ARPA: sdcsvax!sdcc12!wa371@nosc

It isn't secure at all.  The recent special UNIX issue of the AT&T Technical
Journal (a.k.a. the AT&T Bell Laboratories Technical Journal, a.k.a. the Bell
System Technical Journal) had a paper by Peter Weinberger and Jim Reeds on
how to crack it....