RE: AOL passwords

From: jon schatz (jonat_private)
Date: Wed May 01 2002 - 12:01:43 PDT

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On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 10:01, TUTTLE, TERESA A (SBCSI) wrote:
> 	I believe this has always been true of most versions of Unix I'm
> familiar with.  Also take into account the fact that there are only 7 random
> bits per character and you're getting even less protection than you first
> think!

most modern *nix use md5_crypt, which gives you an unlimited password
length instead of the 8 char limit.

-jon

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