On Mon, 11 May 1998, Chris Jacobson wrote:
->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. :-)
Correction: CircleMUD does MAX_PWD_LENGTH+1, so there already is room
for a NULL terminator. :)
-dak
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