Re: .pwl 2

Adam Shostack (adam@homeport.org)
Mon, 7 Dec 1998 08:40:34 -0500

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There is not one. PWL is an entirely insecure way to store passwords.

http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/pwl.txt

Adam

On Thu, Dec 03, 1998 at 09:39:17PM -0000, rumil wrote:
| What is the best way to make the .pwl files secure when using a win95 network?
| Thanks again.
|
| Michael Pilquist
| ex nihilo, nihil fet

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