Password bug on 3.3.3r9 version

Jonathan Morton chromi "at" chromatix.demon.co.uk
Mon Jul 15 22:14:34 2002


>I have determined on the server the password teste "at" 224, but if I type only
>teste "at" 22 I could connect.

Read the documentation.  It states that only the first 8 characters 
of a password are significant.

Is this a flaw?  Yes.  Is it a bug?  No.

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