[X-Unix] How secure is OS X storage of Unix passwords

[Eugene]

On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 09:32:54AM +0200, Kuestner, Bjoern <Bjoern.Kuestner at drkw.com> wrote:
: 
: Eugene, how could I have found out myself what algorithm OS X uses for the
: passwords. I googled up and down and found nothing. Even now that I also
: have the TripleDES password I still don't find a nice Apple or Darwin or man
: page or any other "official source" that puts it in one line: "OS X uses
: TripleDES to protect passwords."

<http://images.apple.com/macosx/pdf/Security_in_Mac_OS_X.pdf>
> 
> All of the password data in the keychain is protected using the Triple
> Digital Encryption Standard (3DES).
>

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Eugene
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