Oops, probably approved this a bit too hastily. This is assumedly due to the use of unix crypt(). Cade Cairns Symantec Corporation On Fri, 3 Jan 2003, Sam Pointer wrote: > This posting just appeared on the Smoothwall GPL mailing list if anyone is > interested (Smoothwall is a Linux-based GUIfied firewall: > www.smoothwall.co.uk) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Leeman [mailto:peter.leemanat_private] > Sent: 02 January 2003 03:48 > To: Gpl > Subject: [gpl] Admin password > > > Hi (Happy new year) > > I'm running Smoothwall gpl 1.0 and have found the following: > > When logging on to shut smoothwall down (using admin account) if I enter the > correct password plus a few characters I can still get logged on ie, > > If password = password then > 'blahblah' doesn't work > 'password' does > 'password123' does > > Strange but true, does anyone else get this, if not.. oh! if so is there a > way to stop this. > > TIA > Pete. > _______________________________________________ > gpl mailing list > gplat_private > http://lists.smoothwallusers.org/mailman/listinfo/gpl > > SmoothWall Stash - Buy Our Stuff! http://cafepress.com/smoothwall > > > This email and any attachments are strictly confidential and are intended > solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient you must > not disclose, forward, copy or take any action in reliance on this message > or its attachments. If you have received this email in error please notify > the sender as soon as possible and delete it from your computer systems. > Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not > necessarily reflect those of HPD Software Limited or its affiliates. > > At present the integrity of email across the internet cannot be guaranteed > and messages sent via this medium are potentially at risk. All liability > is excluded to the extent permitted by law for any claims arising as a re- > sult of the use of this medium to transmit information by or to > HPD Software Limited or its affiliates. > >
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