Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 14:45:42 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Long username/password Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19991004144542.010443b0@staff.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910041138590.64124-100000@hub.freebsd.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910041135100.9901-100000@sentry.granch.ru>
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At 11:40 AM 10/4/99 -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: >On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Rashid N. Achilov wrote: > >> FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE. What can I make usernames and passwords longer than 8 >> bytes? > >Don't install the DES libcrypt libraries; DES passwords are 8 characters, >MD5 are (effectively) infinite. Long user names are already supported, I >do believe. Infinite ? I thought they only honoured the first 16 chars in this case ? ---Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Tancsa, tel 01.519.651.3400 Network Administrator, mike@sentex.net Sentex Communications www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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