suvoraj biswas wrote: > > If the hacker be good in GNU/C\C++ programming, and knows the MD5 > algorithm then he can easily create a decryption program and so > easily can get the root password. So, in that sense, GRUB is also > insecure.So, I think there should be several encryption algorithms > and the installer should ask the user to choose from this > list.Then the hacker can't guess which decryption technique to > use, though it is very troublesome. Isn't it? > Any comments plz!! > -Suvoraj
Most unlikely that the encryption algorithm will be reverse engineered easily. These algorithms are designed to be hard to reverse. Which is why, if you forget your password, even root cannot tell you what it was, he can only give you a new password. - Manas Laha -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
