Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Shadow Passwords
From: Jonathan Michael Hawkins (jmh030@merle.acns.nwu.edu)
Date: Mon Aug 17 1998 - 11:11:40 EDT
> at least A. Sun's version can be configured to support shadow passwords.
> I'm runing such a setup. And of course it works fine with OS8. This has
> nothing to do with clear text. Passwords are always *transmitted* in plain
> text with Netatalk.
Not true. Passwords can be configured to use randnum/rand2num encryption
if you apply the asun patches and have the DES libraries installed on your
system. Read all about it in the README.ASUN file which comes with a
netatalk1.4b2+asun2.1.0.tar.gz distribution.
:)
Randnum is good :)
Jon
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