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   Bit Twister to David W. Hodgins   
   Re: [OT] name of sys conf file containg    
   09 Jun 12 19:01:09   
   
   From: BitTwister@mouse-potato.com   
      
   On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 14:40:46 -0400, David W. Hodgins wrote:   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   I think the basic password problem was no salt was used :(   
   The real problem was how did the crackers get the file in the first place.   
      
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