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  1. Xref: sparky alt.security:4051 sci.crypt:2786
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!sun-barr!news2me.ebay.sun.com!exodus.Eng.Sun.COM!appserv.Eng.Sun.COM!ouroborous.Eng.Sun.COM!limes
  3. From: limes@ouroborous.Eng.Sun.COM (Greg Limes)
  4. Newsgroups: alt.security,sci.crypt
  5. Subject: Re: passwd security check
  6. Date: 30 Jul 1992 18:12:22 GMT
  7. Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
  8. Lines: 6
  9. Message-ID: <l7gc86INN668@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM>
  10. References: <Bs5rzn.HF0@solbourne.com> <1347@eouk9.eoe.co.uk> <Bs7LL0.5GL@solbourne.com>
  11. NNTP-Posting-Host: ouroborous
  12.  
  13. In article <Bs7LL0.5GL@solbourne.com> imp@solbourne.com (Warner Losh) writes:
  14. | I thought that the 01010101 was a series of bit values, rather than
  15. | hex values.  Since they are hex values, they are indeed quite hard to
  16. | type as characters at a Password: prompt.
  17.  
  18. How about holding down the CTRL key and hitting 'A' eight times?
  19.