Password security - Another idea

[Peter da Silva]

In article <654 at white.gcm>, dc at gcm (Dave Caswell) writes:
> If people have no reason to look at encrypted passowrds and it is easy to make
> sure they can't look, why not have hidden passwords?

Because open passwords let users write utility programs that verify who you
are.  If the password file is hidden, you need to provide a password
verification server.
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