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Re: Fuck the Usenet Cabal

To: "Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Fuck the Usenet Cabal
From: Paul Bradley <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 11:21:04 +0000 ( )
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> ObCrypto: I was offered a 76GB changer for $350.  I thought of the following
> demo application: a user e-mails a piece of a Unix passwd file (password+salt)
> to a server, which looks up a password that works.  Problem is, 76GB doesn't
> seem sufficient for the lookup table. :-( (Assume infinite time available
> on a fast box.)

I have to confess ignorance over the form of the password in the unix 
passwd file, how much salt is used, does it vary from ?nix to ?nix or is it 
pretty standard? Maybe a small(ish) lookup table/ dictionary attack could 
be mounted using this.

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