Re: Long passwords (fwd)
Richard Huveneers (richard@hekkihek.hacom.nl)
27 Mar 1996 10:52:43 GMT
In article <199603262348.RAA12289@worf.netins.net>, jeff@ollie.CLive.ia.US (Jeffrey C. Ollie) writes:
>In message <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960325173904.15581A-100000-100000@radius.vector.net>
>>
>> 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..
>
>Some UNIX variants (Digital UNIX is one for sure) have add-on security
>packages that allow for passwords greater then 8 characters. Digital
>UNIX allows up to 80 characters if you turn on enhanced security. If
>you don't turn enhanced security on passwords work as you describe.
The shadow password suite written by John F. Haugh II, offers the same
functionality. We installed this package on our radius server running
Linux 1.3.x. It's freely available and does its job well.
Richard Huveneers.