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Date:      Wed, 29 Jul 1998 07:47:16 +1000
From:      Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>
To:        Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com>
Cc:        Alexandr Lopatin <kino@basta.fis.nsk.su>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Length password
Message-ID:  <19980729074715.04154@welearn.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <19980728094219.A4592@flarn.dyn.ml.org>; from Matthew Hunt on Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 09:42:19AM -0400
References:  <AAcDOlriFD@basta.fis.nsk.su> <19980728094219.A4592@flarn.dyn.ml.org>

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On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 09:42:19AM -0400, Matthew Hunt wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 28, 1998 at 02:53:10PM +0700, Alexandr Lopatin wrote:
> 
> > What is actual password field length ?
> > I hoped length was 16 symbols, but actually it is 8.
> > Is it so ?
> 
> You are correct, the length for DES passwords is 8 characters.
> Since DES is used on many flavors of Unix, and we want to be
> compatible, it has to be that traditional length.
> 
> If you use MD5 passwords, they can be much longer.  I forget
> the exact length, but it is much more than 16.

With MD5 (standard no frills FreeBSD), I have passwords more than a hundred
characters long. Can't do that with DES.


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Regards,
        -*Sue*-

sue@welearn.com.au

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