On 5/11/98 4:49 PM, Daniel Koepke (dkoepke@CALIFORNIA.COM) stated: >Which still doesn't matter, because crypt() returns a 13 character >long string. And MAX_PWD_LENGTH is used for the binary files, thus >stripping two characters off of the encrypted password. This is most >certainly a security flaw, but not--in all likelihood--a "risk." correction: 3 characters. Always need a NULL terminator. :-) - Chris Jacobson +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://democracy.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list-faq.html | +------------------------------------------------------------+
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