On Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 04:34:36AM -0800, Frank Bauer wrote: Hi,
> I just noticed that John the Ripper dropped off Etch and there is no visible > activity from its mailntainer to bring it back. > > As Etch is nearing, does it mean john will not be part of it? Looks like that. It has been removed because of this bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=375850 > How are we going to demonstrate our users their weak passwords? > The only alternative I found in Etch is crack, obsolete since the > last millenium or so. Well it's quite late now for a package takeover and reintroduction for etch. When someone has picked up the package and uploaded a fixed version it should be easy to create a backport for etch. Until that happens you can of course use the partly broken package from unstable or just compile from source. Sven -- If you won't forgive me the rest of my life Let me apologize while I'm still alive I know it's time to face all of my past mistakes [Less than Jake - Rest Of My Life] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]