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Secure Java Apps on Linux using MD5 Crypt

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the handyman's-corner dept.

An anonymous reader writes "If you are a security developer and need to interface a Java application with the local operating system user registry, what do you do? IBMDeveloperWorks gives you the answer: 'UNIX/Linux PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module)-compatible systems that use authentication based on the GNU MD5 extensions to the crypt() system call. It will describe these extensions and show you a Java implementation of MD5 crypt (using FreeBSD as my UNIX).'"

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  1. Excelent! by EnderWigginsXenocide · · Score: 1, Troll

    This is a great idea. I'll patent it right away.

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