Passwords - Attacks on Password Storage

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- Passwords have often been vulnerable where they are stored
- Carriage return bug after a wrong password entry
- US Government systems used the software in Germany and did not get the patch

Solution:
- Using shadow passwords (encrypted passwords hidden in a private file)


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