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From: rbj@nav.icst.nbs.gov (Root Boy Jim)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: How to stop future viruses.
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Date: 14 Nov 88 22:54:43 GMT
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   From: peter honeyman <honey@mailrus.cc.umich.edu>
   Date: 10 Nov 88 05:40:29 GMT
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   Dennis L. Mumaugh writes:
   >... I  encrypted  the  dictionary  FIRST.  Then  it  was  one
   >encrypt  and  a fgrep.  From start to finish (copy of /etc/passwd
   >until printing of list of lognames and password was 45 minutes!).

   where did you store the gigabyte file?  how long did it take to
   generate it?  (25,000 word dictionary, 4,096 salts, 11 byte output
   each.)

	   peter

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