Re: R: Do not use stock RedHat 6.0 kernels with SMBFS! [OFF-TOPIC]

Steve Dodd (dirk@loth.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 23:06:52 +0100


On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 06:48:30PM +0000, A. Wik wrote:

> Besides, unless public-key
> cryptography is used, passwords have to be stored in plain-text (or
> another sensitive format) on disk if they are to be encrypted on the
> network.

Rubbish. Store a secure one-way hash of the password. The problem is just
in choosing a secure algorithm.

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