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- 10 Sept 95:
-
- Sentry V2.2 Changes include:
-
- * Sentry now uses windowed screens for all output, as opposed
- to simply directing output to the entire screen.
-
- * When entering dates, the year is now checked. If it is not
- 4 characters, the user is forced to re-enter it. This was
- causing problems with Sentry accepting '96' as a valid
- year, and subsequently not translating correctly.
-
- * A bug with the password encoding scheme has been fixed. The
- encryption used to truncate passwords at length 8, causing
- only the first 8 characters to be recognized. For
- SuperUsers, this meant that passwords over 8 would not
- contain the SuperUser stamp (it was truncated). This
- problem has now been rectified, and passwords are
- significant for MaxPasswordLen characters.
-
- All in all, this seriously increases the amount of security
- available from Sentry.
-
- NOTE: Because of the above modification, older versions of
- Sentry cannot use password files from V2.2 and up. The
- reverse is not true however, as Sentry V2.2 can use
- password files all the way back to V1.0.
-
- Also note that to use passwords over 8 characters, you must
- re-create the old passwords. This can be easily done by
- selecting the "Change Account Password" option from the
- SuperUser menu.
-