Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 10:32:41 +1100 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: Bill Vermillion <bv@wjv.com> Cc: <security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: MS5 password salt calculation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0112311026380.28726-100000@backup.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20011230013854.A39364@wjv.com>
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On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Bill Vermillion wrote:
> ... You should also not[e] that the
> next $ is the salt separator, and on my system there are typically 8
> digits after $1$ and before the next $, for 2trillion+ salts.
>
> Bill
Its interesting that my master.passwd file circa 2.2.x days has only 5
chars between the $'s, yet more recent ones have 8.
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Andy Farkas
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Speednet Communications
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