Re: passwd character limitations
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On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 at 07:02:49AM -0500, Lupe Christoph wrote:
> > 0. With the obvious exception that C strings don't like null bytes. So
> > try to avoid hitting the null key on your keyboard. :)
>
> You forgot that a ':' as part of the encrypted password will cause
> problems ;-)
Adding to what Michael said, a MD5 hash will only contain hexadecimal
digits. /[0-9a-f]/i
Even if you were to include bytes with the value 128-255, MD5 will
include them into it's remainder calculation...yada yada yada...and all
you will get out is hexadecimal digits.
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Excuse #21: Improperly oriented keyboard
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