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[suse-security] Password Encryption
- From: "Christian Röpke" <christian.roepke@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 14:21:41 +0200
- Message-id: <20020709122217.B0DFD1465D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hello @all,
after my installation of suse linux 8.0 yast2 ask me, whether i encrypt my passwords with DES or MD5.
i think, both of these algorithms are not secure !!!
1. DES is a encryption algorithmen, that is cracked by NSA (ca. 1990) (also by other secret services) and by the electronic frontier foundation (1999). this algorithm is NOT secret today (des-cracker : about 100.000 dollar)
2. MD5 is a hash-function, so you can't encrypt any passwords with this algorithm.
question : where is the passowrd security by suse linux ???
greetings christian röpke
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after my installation of suse linux 8.0 yast2 ask me, whether i encrypt my passwords with DES or MD5.
i think, both of these algorithms are not secure !!!
1. DES is a encryption algorithmen, that is cracked by NSA (ca. 1990) (also by other secret services) and by the electronic frontier foundation (1999). this algorithm is NOT secret today (des-cracker : about 100.000 dollar)
2. MD5 is a hash-function, so you can't encrypt any passwords with this algorithm.
question : where is the passowrd security by suse linux ???
greetings christian röpke
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