Authentication Oddity

[S. I. Becker]

> Just discovered an interesting authentication oddity. The password on one 
> of
> my machines ends in two exclamation marks.
>
> I mistyped in my password this morning with only one exclamation mark and 
> it
> worked just fine.
>
> It would appear that RealVNC completely ignores the exclamation marks as
> part of the password.
>


RealVNC Free Edition only checks the first 8 characters of the password. 
See http://www.realvnc.com/faq.html#password8can

Stewart