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Re: Reverse engineer passwords

From: Eric Lansu <eric.lansu_at_quicknet.nl>
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 11:15:03 +0200
Message-Id: <10558.112028@fatcity.com>


I hope it's not possible to do this reverse engeneering for it would mean a serious security-problem.

Eric Lansu

> Some passwords are lost, others are in clear text, others are operational
> (somewhere in production), but not known due to turnover. Rather than
> possibly break running systems by changing passwords, we (dba staff) would
> like to reverse engineer the passwords in dba_users.
>
> Has anyone done this, and if so, will you send the key to me? Referrals
to
> documentation are appreciated.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Linda Hagedorn
>
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