[lug] md5 passwords

[D. Stimits]

"B. O'Fallon" wrote:
> 
> "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
> 

It wasn't hard to talk me into it. My test install of RH 7.1 is using
it.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com