On 24 Nov 03 02:48:56PM Randal L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: >>>>> "S" == S f Stover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: : S> Just spoke to Apple tech support and they confirmed this is a known
: S> limitation of 10.2 which was purposefully fixed in 10.3 (panther).
: : Why is this surprising? All Unix versions have had this limitation,
: and OSX is a version of Unix.
Not really trying to surprise anyone. Just another reason to upgrade to Panther.
Although, I tested FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT and RedHat 9.0 and neither of which had this "feature".
Most Unix operating systems have switched to using a more secure encryption mechanism than the old-style crypt(3).
-- Brett Hutley [MAppFin,CISSP,SANS GCIH] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hutley.net/brett
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