From: BitTwister@mouse-potato.com   
      
   On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:42:12 GMT, unruh wrote:   
   >   
   > The problem is NOT the hash.   
      
   It is now.   
      
      
   Even the DES based Unix hash is plenty   
   > strong (but is suscetible to brute force cracking if someone really   
   > wants to spend the time). You are far far better off looking elsewhere   
   > for the biggest security weakness in your system ( which may be how you   
   > choose your password) rather than worrying about the hash being used.   
   > Most Linux systems now use the BSD/MD5 based hash which is pleanty   
   > strong enough.   
      
   Well, the MD5 Author would disagree with you.   
      
   http://phk.freebsd.dk/sagas/md5crypt_eol.html?highlight=md5#md5c   
   ypt-password-scrambler-is-no-longer-considered-safe-by-author   
      
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