ed some
     way for the encryption key to be passed to the operating system,
     and sometimes the key is stored somewhere on the host that mounts
     the disk.
    </P
></DD
><DT
>Encrypting Passwords Across A Network</DT
><DD
><P
>      The <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>MD5</TT
> authentication method double-encrypts the
      password on the client before sending it to the server. It first
      MD5-encrypts it based on the user name, and then encrypts it
      based on a random salt sent by the server when th