[OT] Programmatically converting a UNIX passwd hash to an MD5hash?

[David Allan Finch]

Steve Langasek wrote:

> However, it's
> easy enough to add a hook to a program so that, after verifying that the user
> has entered the correct password, the password file is updated with the md5
> equivalent.

Intresting. I would have thought that having to hash's two work on
you could reduce the amount of work needed to figure out a password.

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