Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 13:53:35 -0500 From: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Password Characters Not Required??? Message-ID: <19980319135335.44347@mph124.rh.psu.edu> In-Reply-To: <6912.890330596@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Thu, Mar 19, 1998 at 10:03:16AM -0800 References: <3.0.5.32.19980319095638.033a8cb0@ccsales.com> <6912.890330596@time.cdrom.com>
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On Thu, Mar 19, 1998 at 10:03:16AM -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Under FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE AND 2.2.6-STABLE the user can also use JUST THE > > FIRST 8 CHARACTERS OF THE PASSWORD TO GAIN ACCESS. > WE KNOW. IT'S NORMAL. STOP CROSS-POSTING AND USING CAPSLOCK YOU LAMER! :-) AND USE MD5 PASSWORDS INSTEAD OF DES, SINCE THEY HAVE MORE THAN EIGHT SIGNIFICANT CHARACTERS. (Suddenly, I need a sore throat drop.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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