[lug] md5 passwords

[Atkinson, Chip]

IIRC, md5 passwords encrypt more than the first 7 or 8 characters.  Thus
your password "Such A Long Password" will be entirely encrypted, whereas not
using md5 passwords, only "Such A L" will matter.

Chip

> -----Original Message-----
> From: D. Stimits [mailto:stimits at idcomm.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 3:08 PM
> To: BLUG
> Subject: [lug] md5 passwords
> 
> 
> Does anyone here have an insight or opinion on whether it is 
> a "good" or
> "bad" thing to enable md5 passwords?
> 
> D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com
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