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From: brodie@fps.mcw.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec
Subject: --More-- on VMS PASSWORD CHECKER
Message-ID: <3255.2562b13c@fps.mcw.edu>
Date: 16 Nov 89 18:08:12 GMT
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By the way, VMS$SECUREPWD.EXE not only checks for the PW=USERNAME
combination, but also checks for these passwords (no matter what
options are given when you run it).

I got this list by DUMPing the code and looking at the quotes strings.
These passwords are checked for spelling forwards AND backwards.
(but does NOT check for your USERNAME spelled backwards.   *sigh*...)

(some of these are serious/obvious passwords, some others are just weird.
I expect that was due to testing of the code for weird password combinations?)

BRATWURST
FIELDSERVICE
MANAGER
MANAGERS
PANCAKES
PASSWORD
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
SERVICE
UETP
USER
VAX
VMS
VAXVMS
WILLIWAW
ZIRHUMBA

as I said in my original posting, you can use the /EXCLUDE qualifier to
specify and additional (hopefully long!) list of passwords you want to
add to this list....

-kent



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