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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Arnold)
Thu Jan 30 05:53:29 1997

Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 09:00:34 +0000
From: Mike Arnold <mike@thale.life.nottingham.ac.uk>
To: Alexandre Alvarenga <xande@venus.rdc.puc-rio.br>
CC: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu

Alexandre Alvarenga wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the purpose of passwd file....
> I'd love it....
> But...i'm in trouble...
> When i get the passwd file from unix...it is encrypted...
> How can i decrypt it to use a passwd cracker from unix?
> I'd like to obtain a answer....
> Thanks all
> By xande


I'm sure you would!

If you have legitimate reasons for attempting to crack a passwd file
then you probably wouldn't need to ask this question.

Mike

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