Which file is responsible for storing user password information in a Linux system?
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These user password memory aids form a bridge between otherwise unconnected systems and have an effect on system level security across multiple systems interconnected by the user. | |
23 Mar 2007 14 Citations | Our password system with its low memory requirements can be used in a wide array of applications. |
The concept of a user id and password is a cost effective and efficient method of maintaining a shared secret between a user and a computer system. | |
74 Citations | At the expense of increasing the storage requirement by 20 times, the authors introduce a simple and effective solution to the detection of password file disclosure events. |
28 Sep 2009 | The password helps improve revocability, privacy, and security of the system. |
11 Mar 2007 | This makes possible passwords that are more secure against an adversary who illicitly gains access to the password file, as a dictionary attack is now unlikely to succeed (the attacker now needs to carry out a more daunting brute force enumerative attack). |
300 Citations | With the concrete knowledge of password distributions, we suggest a new metric for measuring the strength of password data sets. |
Nevertheless, the proposed system does satisfy most security characteristics of conventional password authentication systems. |
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