Subject: Re: How to Go About 2-Way Encrypted Passwords?
From: Marc J. Miller (itlm019@mailbox.ucdavis.edu)
Date: Fri Sep 15 2000 - 13:16:11 EDT
I'm finding myself in the same boat, but since we use NIS for password
validation, having thousands of .password files just isn't an option. Can
anyone suggest a secure alternative to ClearText that doesn't require
.password files?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Basil Hussain" <basil.hussain@reserve.co.uk>
To: "Netatalk Admins List" <netatalk-admins@umich.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 7:45 AM
Subject: How to Go About 2-Way Encrypted Passwords?
> Hi all,
>
> I've been running Netatalk on a couple of Linux systems now for several
> months, however the thought just crossed my mind that it was about time I
> tried to tighten up security for it. So, I want to start using 2-way
> encrypted passwords (as opposed to clear text, which is what I'm using at
> the moment).
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