RE: [cobalt-security] Re: Root has 10 different passwords on Qube2

["Chris Weiss" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is Unix.

-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-security-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-security-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rod Todd
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 5:32 PM
To: cobalt-security@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cobalt-security] Re: Root has 10 different passwords on Qube2


Does this also apply for the Raq2? ; i.e. we have been
foolishly typing in 14-16 character passwords for the
last year. (no-biggie).  Is this a limitation of the
mathematical algorithm itself, all Linux, or just
Cobalt OS Version.
Cheers,
RT
<snip>
>Yes, the password encryption algorithm only makes use
>of the first 
>eight
>characters and disregards the rest. There is no
>trivial way of 
>increasing this
>number, so the best thing you can do is choose a good
>password 
>containing
>number, special characters as well as a mix of upper
case and lower 
case
letters. 



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