go back to some of the original V6 articles, and you will note that back 
then it was considered a good idea to just leave the encrypted passwords 
available for anyone to read. Note where we have gone with that idea: 
hidden password files, with the readable password replaced by '*'. 
Isn't that morally equivalent to making crontab, etc. unreadable? 

There's a lesson in this somewhere, and it may be that while 'security 
through obscurity' is not sufficient, it may be necessary (sadly).

ron

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