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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	No. The values stored in the password file are being created by a mathematical 'one-way' function from the password you give. Later on, the password the user enters is put through the same one-way function, and then it is seen wether the two results match. There's no way to efficently find a valid password given the result of the one way function. also see [url=http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/cgi-bin/man-cgi?crypt+3]'man crypt'[/url] on most unix systems. [small][i](Added by: [url=http://www.ozoneasylum.com/cgi-bin/ubbmisc.cgi?action=getbio&UserName=Tyberius+Prime]Tyberius Prime [/url] on Sat 21-Jun-2003)[/i][/small] Loading...
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