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Date:      Tue, 11 Feb 2003 21:22:13 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        BSD baby <bsd@hitmedia.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: OpenSSH security hole on FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <20030212052213.GA31883@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030211194457.A22618@mail.hitmedia.com>
References:  <20030211194457.A22618@mail.hitmedia.com>

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On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 07:44:57PM -0800, BSD baby wrote:

> TWO major security holes:
>=20
> #1 - It won't let me turn off passwords=20
>      (PasswordAuthentication no)

Don't know about this one.

> #2 - It only requires I type the first 8 characters
>      of my password!  (I use 16-character password.)

That's because you're using DES passwords, which only allow 8
characters.  See login.conf(5).

Kris

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