passwords

[Mohamed Ellozy]

I have several questions to ask about passwords:

	1. A few months ago there was a long discussion about choosing
	passwords.  Has anyone archived that discussion?

	2.  Did the recent workshop on UNIX Security come to any
	conclusions about what is the minimal secure way to select a
	password?

	3.  Apparently System 5 Release 4 will finally hide the
	encrypted passwords.  What is being done in this direction by
	various BSD implementations (both by UCB and by vendors)?

	4.  How successfully are they likely to be hidden in a
	networked environment?  Will root on a client be able to get
	encrypted passwords?

Thanks for any help.

mohamed