Re: [Chicken-hackers] user-information update for OpenBSD

[John Cowan]

Christian Kellermann scripsit:

> Maybe it makes sense to split out the sensitive information from the
> user-information for all Operating systems and thinking of another set
> of procedures that will produce the credentials. These can then use OS
> specific functions to get at the information.

I'd say, set the passwd field to '*' (which is not the encryption of anything
on any known password scheme) on all systems.  *Nobody* should be depending
directly on the value of the encrypted password in 2016.

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