Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!greep@su-dsn From: greep%su-dsn@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Security... Message-ID: <2702@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Jul-83 01:57:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2702 Posted: Thu Jul 7 01:57:00 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jul-83 03:33:31 EDT Lines: 7 Unix has that too. You just look at the password file for someone with the same encrypted password as you, and it's likely that the plaintext is also the same. This scheme can also have its advantages; if I want to set up a login for someone remote, who doesn't want to have to send me his initial password in a message or have the account set up with no password, he can send me the encrypted version and I can just install it that way without knowing the plaintext at all.