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From: goldman@umn-cs.UUCP (Matthew D. Goldman )
Newsgroups: net.crypt
Subject: Re: How secure is 'crypt'?
Message-ID: <704@umn-cs.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 6-May-85 12:23:11 EDT
Article-I.D.: umn-cs.704
Posted: Mon May  6 12:23:11 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 8-May-85 02:53:44 EDT
References: <287@sdcc12.UUCP>
Reply-To: goldman@umn-cs.UUCP (Matthew D. Goldman )
Organization: Computer Science Dept., U of Minn, Mpls, MN
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Summary: 

In article <287@sdcc12.UUCP> wa371@sdcc12.UUCP (wa371) writes:
>Can anyone tell me how secure 'crypt' is on a UNIX system?
>Lets assume that the password is secure and not obvious.
>UUCP: ...!ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdcc12!wa371,   ARPA: sdcsvax!sdcc12!wa371@nosc


Around here the only people who use crypt are the professors.  They use it
in an attempt to keep the systems staff from reading the midterms.  Crypt
is not very secure.  (we don't read the midterms because we like our jobs :-))
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