Less known Solaris features: On passwords - Part 1: Introduction

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Less known Solaris features: On passwords - Part 1: Introduction

Thursday, May 29. 2008

The password is the key to the system. When you know the username and the password, you can use the system. If not ... well ... go away. You can´t overemphasize the value of good passwords. There is something you can do as the admin at the system level to ensure such passwords: At first you can use stronger mechanisms to hash the passwords. And you can force the users of your system to use good password. This tutorial will explain both tasks.

Posted by Joerg Moellenkamp in English, Solaris at 06:49 | Comments (0) | Trackback (1)

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Less known Solaris features: On passwords
The JET tutorial isn´t complete, but shorten the time a little bit for you, i wrote a tutorial about a small but nevertheless important topic - Passwords: Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Using strong password hashing Part 3: Using a password policy

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