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Subject: misc/15247: eight char password secutity problem
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>Number:         15247
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       eight char password secutity problem
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Dec  3 12:00:01 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Steve McGrane
>Release:        3.1
>Organization:
The Globaltap Corporation
>Environment:
FreeBSD teknosurf2.com 3.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.1-RELEASE #1: Wed Sep 15 18:22:16 PDT 1999     steve@globaltap.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/modkern i386
>Description:
Passwords greater than eight chars are not significant
>How-To-Repeat:
Create a user account, with a password that is eight chars or longer, log in with the proper first eight chars, then enter any keys after that and access is granted
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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