From: joel@wam.umd.edu (Joel M. Hoffman) Subject: Re: Weird group problems under .99.3 Date: 15 Jan 1993 00:33:10 GMT
In article <1993Jan14.224753.15551@sol.UVic.CA> pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald) writes:
>I have heard that it is possible to reduce the search field
>when trying to crack passwords, if you have the source. I am
>not an expert in security (is anyone), but I do know that with
>enough processing power you can crack any password, if you
>have the algorithm used, and the encrypted string.
Or, for that matter (and many people forget this), with enough luck.
The whole system of user-id/password is intended to make it
>difficult< to get into a system, not impossible.
-Joel
(joel@wam.umd.edu)