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- 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.
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- Message-ID: <1598kqINNceq@seven-up.East.Sun.COM>
- References: <Bs7LL0.5GL@solbourne.com>
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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.
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- Actually, I found this particular series quite easy to input at a
- Password: prompt. 01 hex is Control-A.
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- -Tom Hopkins <hoppie@turbo.East.Sun.COM>
- I doubt I speak for anyone in this organization, including myself.
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