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Article #540Re: passwd security check
From: Tom Hopkins - Sun ECOPS IR
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 17:24
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 17:24
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In article <5GL@solbourne.com>, imp@solbourne.com (Warner Losh) writes: >I thought that the 01010101 was a series of bit values, rather than >hex values. Since they are hex values, they are indeed quite hard to >type as characters at a Password: prompt. Sorry for any confusion >that my previous post may have caused. Actually, I found this particular series quite easy to input at a Password: prompt. 01 hex is Control-A. -Tom Hopkins <hoppie@turbo.East.Sun.COM> I doubt I speak for anyone in this organization, including myself.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!news2me.ebay.sun.com!seven-up.East.Sun.COM!nemesis!hoppie From: hoppie@nemesis.East.Sun.COM (Tom Hopkins - Sun ECOPS IR) Newsgroups: sci.crypt Subject: Re: passwd security check Date: 30 Jul 1992 17:24:41 GMT Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 12 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1598kqINNceq@seven-up.East.Sun.COM> References: <Bs7LL0.5GL@solbourne.com> Reply-To: hoppie@nemesis.East.Sun.COM NNTP-Posting-Host: nemesis.east.sun.com