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From: Makey@LOGICON.ARPA (Jeff Makey)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: SLOG. A possible solution to the "open" passwd problem
Summary: It's no better than the /etc/shadow suggestions.
Keywords: slog
Message-ID: <273@logicon.arpa>
Date: 7 Jan 89 22:57:52 GMT
References: <83@i2ack.UUCP>
Organization: Logicon, Inc., San Diego, CA
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In article <83@i2ack.UUCP> venta@i2ack.UUCP (Paolo Ventafridda) writes:
 [description of SLOG password system deleted]
>OF COURSE all files related to SLOG are well closed inside a private directory!	

As was brought up in the discussion of shadow passwod files, the
effectiveness of this sort of protection is questionable, at best.
SLOG seems to be an overly complicated authentication scheme that has
no compelling advantages over the use of a simple /etc/shadow file.

                           :: Jeff Makey

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