Topic: linux password

how can i get linux password -i want to know where is placed the password and what method of encryption is used

the second thing how can i get a sockit source

  • somuch
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Re: linux password

is this a request for the distro? or a generic question. at the moment i think the root password is randomly generated at boot and its placed it /etc/shadow right *nix people? its been a while since i have read about passwords

Re: linux password

boht i want to know thw encryption method os linux passwords and
i wanna make a requast for a sockit source

thank you 4 answering me

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Re: linux password

encryption used for shadowing passwords is md5

Re: linux password

This is the Tool Request-section.. Please move this thread someone

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Re: linux password

cat /etc/passwd
cat /etc/shadow
ypcat passwd
getent passwd

if the hashed begins with $1$ that means md5 check for libc doc older distro and yellow pages aka nfs use a moded des zlgo

 man 3 crypt

and sshd use dsa or rsa it depends i can alos use keyborb auth instead of pub key auth

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Re: linux password

Without regards to the question ..... the encryption algorithm utilized by the linux authentication subsystem is not MD5 ---- but rather DES.:oops:

MD5 is a Digest Algorithm that produces cryptographic hashes of exactly 128-bits.
i.e. a checksum

DES is a "One-Way Encryption Algorithm" that makes it computationally infeasbile for the source to be determined by the output without proper keys.
i.e. encrypted plaintext or ciphertext

The de facto standard for encryption has been DES for sometime now. For future references, it is highly expected to be superceded by the Rjindael Algorithm(AES). By the way, some distributions have started implementing Blowfish as a possible substitute.

Hopefully this can resolve any discrepancies due to this threads content.
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Re: linux password

how do I get the password for xp

Re: linux password

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http://forum.s-t-d.org/viewtopic.php?id=2026

Re: linux password

I'd say your out of luck really, I don't see how you could even break it if you tried.

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