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From: sloane@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Bob Sloane)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Readable Password File
Message-ID: <1407@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 15 Nov 88 11:31:39 GMT
References: <16722@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <2178@cuuxb.ATT.COM> <2327@looking.UUCP>
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In article <2327@looking.UUCP>, brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) writes:
> ...
> The idea was that non-ecrypted passwords in an unreadable file is no
> kind of password security, although it's exactly the kind of security
> that GCOS has.
> 
If you mean GCOS from Honeywell, they have been encrypting passwords for many
years. Look at the documentation for DRL T.CRYP or MME GESECR.  The encrypted
password ONLY is stored in the System Master Catalog. This is not to say that
GCOS is a completely secure OS. Does anyone out there remember the "$ PRIVIT"
card? That was fun until they fixed it.
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