[antiRepublicrat]

Now how silly is that statement?

We are talking about the inferiority of the Windows password system. No matter how many theoretical (your case) or actual add-ons there are, the capabilities of Windows' password system as shipped and as used by all (or almost all if you can produce your plug-in) Windows users are inferior to those of Linux systems as shipped by all major distros.

It's a simple fact. Admit it.

[Bush2000]

We are talking about the inferiority of the Windows password system. No matter how many theoretical (your case) or actual add-ons there are, the capabilities of Windows' password system as shipped and as used by all (or almost all if you can produce your plug-in) Windows users are inferior to those of Linux systems as shipped by all major distros. It's a simple fact. Admit it.

Neither the Linux nor the Windows password systems need to be invulnerable to all possible attacks in order to be sufficient and useful for the vast number of uses. Not everybody needs to harden their machines in the same manner. Your suggestion that this makes Windows "inferior" to Linux systems is a pile of crap. In order to do hash lookups, you're going to need access to the password hashes. Barring access to the hashes, it doesn't matter how theoretically better one system is over another. You still won't be able to exploit them.

Need to replace Windows authentication? No problem. See pGina. The source code is readily available.

[for-q-clinton]

It's a simple fact. Admit it.

Now you're just arguing for argument sake as I clearly stated that the Linux salting is better for the user experience because it allows the user to have a shorter password with the same level of security that a longer Windows password provides.

Really I think you just argue in circles from one point to the next never admitting your wrong and when you are proven wrong you just go to a new topic, but this time you got "busted". You jumped to a topic that was never an issue.

Nice try. I believe this thread is over now. BTW: what does any of this have to do with the subject of this article?