From owner-freebsd-security Mon Jan 15 12: 2: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from netau1.alcanet.com.au (ntp.alcanet.com.au [203.62.196.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54E6137B401 for ; Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:01:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from mfg1.cim.alcatel.com.au (mfg1.cim.alcatel.com.au [139.188.23.1]) by netau1.alcanet.com.au (8.9.3 (PHNE_22672)/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA21600; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 07:01:28 +1100 (EDT) Received: from gsmx07.alcatel.com.au by cim.alcatel.com.au (PMDF V5.2-32 #37641) with ESMTP id <01JYYSN863N4EMXTR7@cim.alcatel.com.au>; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 07:01:31 +1100 Received: (from jeremyp@localhost) by gsmx07.alcatel.com.au (8.11.0/8.11.0) id f0FK1OA37841; Tue, 16 Jan 2001 07:01:24 +1100 (EST envelope-from jeremyp) Content-return: prohibited Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 07:01:24 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy Subject: Re: opinions on password policies In-reply-to: ; from bri@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com on Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 11:41:50AM -0800 To: Brian Cc: David Talkington , security@FreeBSD.ORG Mail-followup-to: Brian , David Talkington , security@FreeBSD.ORG Message-id: <20010116070124.D91029@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i References: Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 2001-Jan-15 11:41:50 -0800, Brian wrote: >Don't you need to do special stuff on some unix flavors to allow more than >8 characters?? The `standard' for DES passwords is to allow you to enter long passwords and just truncate them to 8 characters. As long as the entered password is consistently truncated, it doesn't matter that you are remembering a longer password. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message