Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 14:53:56 +0100 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Oleg Saiko <OSA@STIMOROL-UA.com> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: login allows user to login with wrong? password (<right_password><any_letters>) Message-ID: <20000828145356.A21414@walton.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: <00d401c010f6$91cb6880$6300000a@osa>; from OSA@STIMOROL-UA.com on Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 04:47:35PM %2B0300 References: <00d401c010f6$91cb6880$6300000a@osa>
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On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 04:47:35PM +0300, Oleg Saiko wrote: > Does login-program authenticates me by comparing real_password from > the password list with the input_password that includes from > real_password and any others letters at the end? If you are using DES encrypted passwords, only the first 8 characters of the password are significant. If you use MD5 I beleive all the characters are significant. David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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