Re: Long passwords (fwd)

Chris B. Wilson, VectorNet (cbw@vector.net)
Tue, 26 Mar 1996 17:13:14 -0500 (EST)

On 25 Mar 1996, Richard Huveneers wrote:

> We'd very much like to offer this service to our customers. All other services
> on our UNIX system requiring authentication, like login and ftp, support very
> long passwords.

You sure? Most UNIX passwords get truncated through the crypt
procecdure.. Try making a password 123456789012345 and then try logging
in with just the first 8 characters..

Chris

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