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2013 Apr 06
3
password encryption
I have just come to the realization that password encryption using the
crypt function in linux, ONLY USES THE FIRST 8 CHARS. I have written
routines using crypt allowing 16+ chars, and find that anything past 8
is ignored. Wow.
Is there a way around this that can be used in dovecot, as well as
encryption routines for an email front end? (not system users).
It's the integration with
2014 Feb 04
0
Password hash rounds solved - important security implications
A member of the scientific-linux-users at fnal.gov wrote:
On 01/14/2014 04:19 PM, George Shaffer wrote:
> > If anyone has gotten password hash rounds using hash_rounds_min and
> > hash_rounds_max in libuser.conf, or the counter part in login.defs
> > (SHA_CRYPT_MIN_ROUNDS, SHA_CRYPT_MAX_ROUNDS), to work on any RHEL related
> > distribution, I would appreciate knowing how you did it, because this does
> > not seem to work as the documentation I've found says it should. I know
> > the crypt method must be SHA256 or SHA512.
>
> This has...