From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id c11b3ef0 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 20:34:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0772B93D31; Sun, 20 Oct 2019 06:34:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8780F93D6E; Sun, 20 Oct 2019 06:33:53 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 1656D93D6E; Sun, 20 Oct 2019 06:33:52 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 363 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2019 06:33:50 AEST Received: from mail.ewe2.ninja (ewe2.ninja [38.240.3.172]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BBE9C93D31 for ; Sun, 20 Oct 2019 06:33:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail.ewe2.ninja (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 99BAE42AE8; Sat, 19 Oct 2019 16:27:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 16:27:45 -0400 From: ewe2 To: Norman Wilson Message-ID: <20191019202745.GA31260@mail.ewe2.ninja> References: <1571492733.19343.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1571492733.19343.for-standards-violators@oclsc.org> X-Homepage: http://ewe2.ninja User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Subject: Re: [TUHS] Recovered /etc/passwd files X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 09:45:30AM -0400, Norman Wilson wrote: > I'm amused (in a good way) that this thread persists, and > without becoming boring. > > Speaking as someone who was Ken's sysadmin for six years, > I find it hard to get upset over someone cracking a password > hash that has been out in the open for decades, using an > algorithm that became pragmatically unsafe slightly fewer > decades ago. It really shouldn't be in use anywhere any > more anyway. Were I still Ken's sysadmin I'd have leaned > on him to change it long ago. I have a disk from one of Melbourne Uni's old Alpha servers from back in the 1990's and the passwd file is a who's who of staff, but I could only crack 3 of the student's passwords. The system is interesting in other ways, it's a snapshot of the old oz.au network. -- I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise as they fly by.