where to post bugs?

[David Balazic]

The getpass() man page says :

This function is obsolete. Do not use it.

Why is VNC sacrifying security for compatibility wit some prehistoric stuff
?


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> Boris Poroin said:
> > ouch, I`m sorry. I didn`t find the information, that the passwords
> should
> > be only 8 characters long. shouldn`t be somewhere published "the
> password
> > lenght is maximum 8 characters"? most of people(including me) didn`t
> read
> > the source code.
> 
> http://www.uk.research.att.com/archive/vnc/faq.html#q55
> 
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