Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!gwyn@brl-vld From: gwyn%brl-vld@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Security... Message-ID: <2703@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Jul-83 02:50:52 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2703 Posted: Thu Jul 7 02:50:52 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jul-83 03:35:12 EDT Lines: 10 From: Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)If the encrypted text is the same, then under the modified-DES scheme I am sure the plaintext is also the same. However, the "salt" helps a lot since usually the same plaintext password for different users would encrypt to different salted text. Now, if two people are SUSPECTED of having the same password (say, a husband and wife), then on that assumption it will be much easier to break the encryption even though different salts were used.