Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 15:42:18 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: universe <universe@truemetal.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wierd! Message-ID: <20010422154218.A71433@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <3AE2F6A7.C7C0ED4C@truemetal.org>; from universe@truemetal.org on Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 05:20:07PM %2B0200 References: <3AE2F6A7.C7C0ED4C@truemetal.org>
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--qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 05:20:07PM +0200, universe wrote: > that's because you're using DES as the encryption algorithm. > therefore your passwords are restricted to 8 characters (you could type > ViewSonik or ViewSoni9, it makes no difference as long as the first 8 > chars are correct). if you choose to use MD5 as the algorithm, it will > allow you passwords up to 256 characters. Actually, MD5 has no length restriction, though you might get a bit sick of typing passwords of length 2^32, say :-) Kris --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6415KWry0BWjoQKURAl5NAJ9zeJWbG3kkm4jlzI84MTF+BOpkugCgr00w Aucs8IgHZhZo1Rs48AW9g/k= =Ah5n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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