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Old 08-29-2006, 02:20 PM  
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Originally Posted by interracialtoons
Well, you're right!

The limit is 8 chars.

I only got into the salt debate because someone posted that the problem could be fixed with random salt.

The only fix is to limit passwords to 8 chars or use something other than crypt()



Well, at least I discovered some really smart people in this post which made it all worth my time.

Thanks for all the replies and "battles" hehehe!

Nope, I still don't get you.
You were the one that went on and on about the salt and how it is the first two letters of the password.

Then you said your janesmith123 janesmith321 whatever encrypted passwords were all the same. Well, for me they're not.

Then you said
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Originally Posted by interracialtoons
So "jane186" is far better than "janesmith186" or "186janesmith"
So if that's the case my 3char passwd must be a frikkin doddle. I even gave you the encrypted password - salt and all.

Where the hell did you find that bullshit text to copy and paste from?
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