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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 10:43:40 -0400
Subject: hash-password length relation (was: Password security)
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Hi.

Spinning a bit off topic here, i was wondering..

Does the length of the encrypted password grow with the length of the=20
password?

A.

Le jeudi 20 juin 2002, =E0 10:24 AM, Dag-Erling Smorgrav a =E9crit :
>
> To repeat what I wrote in my previous mail: "By default, FreeBSD uses
> an MD5-based hash, and supports passwords of arbitrary length."


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