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busybox: insecure password generation

busybox: insecure password generation

Posted May 3, 2007 7:02 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: busybox: insecure password generation by landley
Parent article: busybox: insecure password generation

I suppose it's useful if you're using something like NIS where your entire
password file is visible to the world.

(Mind you if you're using NIS you probably don't care much about security
anyway, or you're hiding screaming in the corner hoping nothing bites
you...)


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