+----- On Sat, 31 Jul 1999 13:34:08 -0300, "Miguel G." writes: | Hi! | | Could anyone help me on this? : | | I need to know how to retrive cipher text from plain (right as in | /etc/passwd) but there is a salt which I don't know how complete, could | any one help me? The salt is just a 12 bit random number, the attached script will convert a password to something suitable for your password file. /Michael <HR> <UL> <LI>application/x-perl attachment: pwcrypt </UL>
Hello... Isn't the salt value derived from two sources within the system instead of from a `random' source? I have always been under the impression that the salt on a Unix system is a 12-bit value derived from both the current system time as well as the current process number which is running the salt determinating program... Cheers! Brian - a.k.a. Moriarty
The salt is just a 12 bit random number, the attached script will convert a password to something suitable for your password file.
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