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1. Solaris
Hi,
Our security audit person generated a report for Solaris-10 servers and mentioned this suggestion - "All passwords should be hashed using bcrypt. Solaris 10 supports this blowfish-based hash algorithm with the identifier 2a. To verify this, ensure the password hashes start with $2a$.... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: solaris_1977
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2. Solaris
Hello,
I'm having an issue with my password hashing. In /etc/shadow all the passwords hashes start with $1$. The security people want me to change it so the password hash starts with $5$ or $6$. So this is what I did to fix this.
I changed CRYPT_DEFAULT for 1 to 6
CRYPT_DEFAULT=6When I create a... (0 Replies)
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3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
I'm collecting some info on the password hashing algorithms in use on various Unix systems. So far I have:
no $ legacy unix crypt
$1$ MD5
$2$ Blowfish on BSD
$2a$ alternate Blowfish on BSD
$md5$ Sun's alternate MD5
$3$ a Microsoft hash
$4$ not used?
$5$ RedHat proposed Sha-256... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Perderabo
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4. Programming
Hi,
I'm looking for linear hashing implementation in C language. Please help.
PS: I have implement this on Ubuntu 10.04 Linux on 64 bit machine. (1 Reply)
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5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am looking for a utility that does file hashing in unix. ...Please let me know of any good easy to use utility (3 Replies)
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
What command should I use to analyze file hashing of fixed flat files.
How much work does it take for multiple flat files. (3 Replies)
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7. AIX
hello Friends ,
How can i identify the hashing algo used by shadow file in aix box >???
Thanks
AVKlinux (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: avklinux
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
So I have two files that I want to put together via hashes and am having a terrible time with syntax. For example:
File1
A apple
B banana
C citrusFile2
A red
B yellow
C orangeWhat I want to enter on the command line is:
program.pl File1 File2And have the result... (11 Replies)
Discussion started by: silkiechicken
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi,
how can one find that which encryption algorithm the system is using for keeping the user password in the /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow file.
Is it
1: Hashing ( which considers only first 5 letters of password)
2: MD5 (Which allows arbitry length passwords)
Thanks,
~amit (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: amit4g
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