Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 07:01:24 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> To: Brian <bri@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com> Cc: David Talkington <dtalk@prairienet.org>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: opinions on password policies Message-ID: <20010116070124.D91029@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101151141150.1704-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com>; from bri@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com on Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 11:41:50AM -0800 References: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0101151212030.19013-100000@sherman.spotnet.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101151141150.1704-100000@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com>
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On 2001-Jan-15 11:41:50 -0800, Brian <bri@cx175057-a.ocnsd1.sdca.home.com> 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
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