> Root password:
> Use MD5 encryption, not the blowfish default
MD5 hashing may be going away - from
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/19/hash_crypto/ :
"And Chinese researchers from Shandong University have published a
paper (PDF) outlining mathematical attacks on MD5 that have been
independently reproduced."
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