in reply to Re^4: OT: Cracking hashes made easier
in thread OT: Cracking hashes made easier

uhh, a password. You know, like in:
login: thor password: <-- the secret goes here

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Re^6: OT: Cracking hashes made easier
by thor (Priest) on Nov 16, 2005 at 12:16 UTC
    The whole point of this exercise was to say that using only the password and something that is easily derived from the user (i.e. username) can lead to attacks. So, unless I'm missing something, the password is not sufficiently secret.

    thor

    Feel the white light, the light within
    Be your own disciple, fan the sparks of will
    For all of us waiting, your kingdom will come

      Pesky thread drift :-)