Subj : src/sbbs3/useredit.cpp
To   : deon
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Mar 05 2023 03:08:16

  Re: src/sbbs3/useredit.cpp
  By: deon to Digital Man on Sun Mar 05 2023 08:47 pm

 >   Re: src/sbbs3/useredit.cpp
 >   By: Digital Man to deon on Sat Mar 04 2023 08:24 pm
 >
 >  > Not clear how/why that would be better. It would certainly give the
 >  > impression of secure-password storage, but without the actual security.
 >  > That sounds to me "worse", not "better".
 >
 > What was the motivation for unix developers to change /etc/passwd from
 > having clear text passwords, to having DES crypt passwords? I'm sure at the
 > time, folks didnt implement it becasue they thought it was "worse"?

Those passwords aren't reversable (able to be decrypted to the original clear text password) they're one-way hashes of a password. Not the same thing. A one-way hash of a password is more secure than storing the same password in either clear text or in a reversible form, but it also limits the subsequent uses of that stored hashed-password.
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