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Top Forums Web Development Storing Passwords Post 302928984 by Corona688 on Tuesday 16th of December 2014 04:57:08 PM
Old 12-16-2014
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Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
Regarding keys -- When not in use (ie standing somewhere) the half-keys should be encrypted - both on the user side and the system side. Otherwise they are sitting ducks.
How does one avoid the rube goldberg problem, though? That being, extra encryption/decryption steps where the server knows its own key gains nothing but extra heat and wasted time.
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Whenever someone cracks your code for the key encryption algorithm, then they win. Period.
How so? Knowing the algorithm won't get them the keys.
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Unless forward perfect secrecy is mandated take a value-based approach.
I'm not storing financial information, it's more of an admin tool.
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If somebody can reverse engineer code, or get your source easily, then most things you can do are pointless.
Again, how? Knowing the algorithm does not hand them the keys -- it tells them what they need to steal, but does not give them access.
 

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listusers

listusers(1)						      General Commands Manual						      listusers(1)

NAME

       listusers - display user login data

SYNOPSIS

       groups] logins]

DESCRIPTION

       The  command  displays  data  concerning user logins.  The output shows the user login and the comment field value (for example, user name,
       location).  The default displays data about all user logins.

   Options
       The command supports the following options:

	      Display only users who have
			     groups, as their primary group. Use with the option.

	      Display only users who have
			     groups, as their supplementary group.  Use with the option.

	      Display all users belonging to
			     groups, sorted by login.  A comma separated list specifies multiple groups.

	      Display the requested
			     logins.  A comma separated list specifies multiple logins.

	      Display only users belonging to the specified repository,
			     either for NIS or users.

       A user login has a UID of 100 or greater.

       When the and options are combined, a user login is only displayed once, even though the login may belong to multiple specified groups.

EXAMPLES

       List all user logins.

       List all user logins in the group and the users removing all duplicates.

       List all users who have as their primary group.

       List all users who have as their supplementary group.

       List only local user logins.

       List only NIS user logins.

FILES

SEE ALSO

       passwd(1), logins(1M), group(4), passwd(4).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

																      listusers(1)
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