Re: Listing locked user accou
By: Bbsing.Bbs to John Guillory on Wed May 02 2012 10:25 pm
> The passwords will not be revealed because there is no reverse on the hash.
> That's the point of the shadow file. They are just a hash.
The original /etc/passwd was a salted hash as well, but having that info
publicl
y available (anyone can read /etc/passwd) made distributed attacks
relatively si
mple.
The point of the shadow file is to make those hases not available for bulk
crack
ing.
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