Xref: utzoo comp.os.vms:19744 comp.sys.dec:2168 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!apple!agate!agate!jym From: jym@anableps.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: --More-- on VMS PASSWORD CHECKER Message-ID: Date: 20 Nov 89 05:03:05 GMT References: <3255.2562b13c@fps.mcw.edu> Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator;;;;ZU44) Organization: Berserkeley Lines: 13 In-reply-to: brodie@fps.mcw.edu's message of 16 Nov 89 18:08:12 GMT I suspect the weird words---BRATWURST, PANCAKES, etc.---hash to the same thing as other "obvious" ones. If not, they probably have some fascinating history behind them that somebody had better regale us with! (On the other hand, the password checker *has* to work by hashing the dangerous passwords and checking those values.) ::::.-----.:::::<_Jym_>::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::/ | \::::.-----.::::::::::::::::::::::::: Jym Dyer :::::::: ::/ | \::/ o o \::::::: jym@anableps.berkeley.edu :::::::: ::\ /|\ /::\ \___/ /::::::::: Berserkeley, California :::::::: :::\ / | \ /::::`-----':::::::::::: Dilute! Dilute! O.K.! :::::::: ::::`-----':::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::