Re: Password encryption/de-cryption

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From: Alistair Priest
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 06:05

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>Hmm.. This doesn't seem to encrypt *ONE* character passwords very well.
>
>password = "A", total = 'A'.
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>-rg
>


No, total = 64. The same total if as if your password were "# ".

And anyway, do you use *ONE* character passwords? Any system which
which requires a password should want a minimum of about 4 or 5 
characters with a mixture of letters and numbers etc.

Al

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Subject: Re: Password encryption/de-cryption
Date: 10 Aug 1995 06:05:16 GMT
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