HP-UX 11i December 2004 Release Notes

Table Of Contents
Security
HP-UX Shadow Passwords
Chapter 13
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HP-UX Shadow Passwords
new for December
2004
Now available on the December 2004 Software Pack (SPK) media is the HP-UX Shadow
Passwords product, which was released earlier on the Web via the SPK Web program.
Increasing computational power available to password crackers has made the
non-hidden passwords in the UNIX /etc/passwd file vulnerable to decryption. The
Shadow Passwords product enhances system security by hiding user encrypted
passwords in a shadow password file. Encrypted passwords previously stored in the
publicly readable /etc/passwd file can be optionally moved to the /etc/shadow file,
which is accessible only by a privileged user.
Documentation
For further information, see the product-specific documentation available in the DOCS
directory on the Software Pack media.
For more information about Software Pack and how you can obtain the HP-UX Shadow
Passwords product, see “Software Pack (Optional HP-UX 11i v1 Core Enhancements)” on
page 62.