Why shadow passwords? Simply put, the shadow password scheme addresses the major shortcoming of the original Unix password-handling scheme, the fact that the password list was stored as a ...

The Shadow Brokers (TSB) are back, and they've released the password for the rest of the hacking tools they claim to have stolen from the NSA last year. TSB is a mysterious group that appeared in the ...

If you want an example of evolution in action, look at the GNU/Linux password system. Although it includes the basic UNIX password structure as a vestigial organ, natural selection in the form of ...

I need to allow users to change or set their linux shadow password using a web form.<BR><BR>I have a means to authenticate them using a web authentication service that is run by another dept. This has ...