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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 21:11:42 GMT
From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org>
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To: tradigan@newrevolutions.net, simon@FreeBSD.org,
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Subject: Re: misc/69596: When logging in or su'ing to root, I noticed that
	if you type the correct password but add characters to the end of
	the correct password, the password still passes validation and
	allows you to login
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Synopsis: When logging in or su'ing to root, I noticed that if you type the correct password but add characters to the end of the correct password, the password still passes validation and allows you to login

State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: simon
State-Changed-When: Mon Jul 26 21:11:18 GMT 2004
State-Changed-Why: 
Close the PR since this is a limitation in DES, as noted in ceri's
followups.

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=69596