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Old 08-24-2006, 09:54 AM   #1
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LXer: Migrating from shadow passwords to tcb in Linux


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Shadow passwords have been a de facto standard with Linux distributions for years, and as well as the use of md5 passwords. However, there are drawbacks to using the traditional shadow password method, and even md5 is not as secure as it used to be.

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