Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ficc!peter
From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Password security - Another idea
Message-ID: <2629@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 5 Jan 89 14:06:12 GMT
References: <228@sea375.UUCP> <4497@xenna.Encore.COM> <4537@xenna.Encore.COM> <654@white.gcm>
Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <654@white.gcm>, dc@gcm (Dave Caswell) writes:
> If people have no reason to look at encrypted passowrds and it is easy to make
> sure they can't look, why not have hidden passwords?

Because open passwords let users write utility programs that verify who you
are.  If the password file is hidden, you need to provide a password
verification server.
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