[lug] md5 passwords

[B. O'Fallon]

"D. Stimits" wrote:

> Does anyone here have an insight or opinion on whether it is a "good" or
> "bad" thing to enable md5 passwords?
>
> D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
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The almost unaminous consensus among the security books that I have read is
that MD5 along with shadow passwords are good things to have because they
make passwords harder to crack.

B. O'Fallon