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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 13:53:35 -0500
From: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com>
To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>,
        "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com>
Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Password Characters Not Required???
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On Thu, Mar 19, 1998 at 10:03:16AM -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> > Under FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE AND 2.2.6-STABLE the user can also use JUST THE
> > FIRST 8 CHARACTERS OF THE PASSWORD TO GAIN ACCESS.

> WE KNOW.  IT'S NORMAL.  STOP CROSS-POSTING AND USING CAPSLOCK YOU LAMER! :-)

AND USE MD5 PASSWORDS INSTEAD OF DES, SINCE THEY HAVE MORE THAN EIGHT
SIGNIFICANT CHARACTERS.

(Suddenly, I need a sore throat drop.)

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