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Date:      Mon, 6 Dec 1999 08:00:42 -0800 (PST)
From:      <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>
To:        steve@globaltap.com, sheldonh@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: misc/15247: eight char password secutity problem
Message-ID:  <199912061600.IAA67111@freefall.freebsd.org>

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Synopsis: eight char password secutity problem

State-Changed-From-To: open->closed
State-Changed-By: sheldonh
State-Changed-When: Mon Dec 6 07:41:23 PST 1999
State-Changed-Why: 
What you are seeing is not a bug, nor a problem, given a good
understanding of the available crypt methods in FreeBSD.  Please
see http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/security.html#CRYPT and
consider using md5. :-)


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