At 2002-12-04T21:57:27Z, Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You might want to reconsider the project, frankly - why not make different > root passwords for different machines? That would seem to be a more secure > alternative. You can make them systematically different to save yourself > memorizing them all, by (for example) using the second letter of the > hostname as one of the characters of the root password or something along > those lines.
Given the number of machines, I'd say he's in a corporate environment. In that case, I'd much rather have one password that could be immediately revoked if needed than 100 disparate passwords that have to be stored in a database somewhere. At any rate, I'd absolutely positively *never* algorithmically generate them based on the host environment. In the one-password scenario, there's no need to. In the many-password case, it'd be far too easy for the wrong person to get your password-generating algorithm and then have a program to calculate every password you will ever use from now on. -- Kirk Strauser In Googlis non est, ergo non est. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
