UNIX password security : Ten years later

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Passwords in the UNIX operating system are encrypted with the crypt algorithm and kept in the publicly-readable file /etc/passwd. This paper examines the vulnerability of UNIX to attacks on its password system. Over the past 10 years, improvements in hardware and software have increased the crypts/second/dollar ratio by five orders of magnitude. We reexamine the UNIX password system in light of these advances and point out possible solutions to the problem of easily found passwords.

Proceedings of Cryptoྕ. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, No.435, Springer-Verlag, pp.44-63.