What is the difference between an encrypted password and a shadowed password?

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An encrypted password is just the real password scrambled and changed. It can be cracked with a password cracked and a word file. A shadowed password hides the encrypted password somewhere else other than the etc. dir.

Author: Rupinder Singh

I am a tireless intelligence seeker, coincidentally I am a computer guy too, who is passionate about Information Tools and Open-Source software. I Read Books, play Computer Games, Climb Mountains, when I am not changing the code.

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