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    Password Length Limit in Knoppix

    I've been reading an article about the newest rage in Windoze security: password phrases. Passwords are out. Pass phrases are in at M$.

    Pass phrases are very easy to remember and can be pretty long without too much extra typing hassle.

    I was wondering what the length limit is on a pass phrase in Knoppix?

    Does it do spaces? (I'm at work right now, otherwise I'd test it)

    sakiZ

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    Have you read this: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/se...3.en.html#s3.4

    I don't personally use spaces in linux, never, ever. If something needs a char between words I use an underscore.

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    MD5

    I can see the logic of not using spaces. A dead give away word separator.

    OK, I read about MD5. I don't recall this in the Knoppix install.

    Is it an add on utility?

    sakiZ

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    md5 is something you should activate as it increases the significant characters in your password to more than 8. All explained in that link a lot better than I could do.
    In a nutshell, say you have the following passwd: goodpass£TFJ8-#:
    Without md5 only the first 8 chars would be used and "goodpass" isn't really a good password

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