[plug] Redhat passwords - max 8 chars!?

[David Griffiths]

>On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 12:08:16PM +0800, David Griffiths wrote:
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>> Carl this is a limitation of the old style unix password encryption.
>
>Technically it's hashing,

good point.


>not encryption.

Are you sure about this definition? Is not a hash simply one way encryption?
(quoting from linux security HOWTO)

cheers,

Dave.



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