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   David W. Hodgins to Bit Twister   
   Re: name of sys conf file containg passw   
   09 Jun 12 14:40:46   
   
   From: dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 12:13:21 -0400, Bit Twister    
   wrote:   
      
   > Anyone know the system configuration file which defines the hash   
   > function used to hash/encript the user passwords?   
   > After reading about the LinkedIn crack, I thought I would see about a   
   > stronger hash.   
      
   Check the article again. This issue isn't with the linux user passwords,   
   which stopped using md5 years ago, the problem is with some applications,   
   usually written in php, which still default to md5.   
      
   Regards, Dave Hodgins   
      
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