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- Title: Passwords Cannot be Exactly 64 Characters
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- Bulletin Date: 4/1/90 Revision 1.0
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- Category: Config Sub-Category: Server
- S/W Product: v3.0 NWMAC H/W Product:
- Version Affected: 3.0
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- Operating System: NW v3.11 Rev:
- System and Hardware:
- Application:
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- Symptom: If you assign a user password that is exactly 64 characters,
- the system allows that user to log in with the 64-character
- password you assigned or with NO PASSWORD. In addition,
- the maximum allowable password for DOS clients is 127
- rather than 128.
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- Problem: Software problem in OS password encryption code.
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- Solution or
- Workaround: Do not assign passwords that have exactly 64 characters.
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