Duncan, After I looked at this I came to the realization that I had over simplified the 16 vrs 20 byte password to lan vrs lanplus, when in fact it is really an IPMI 1.5 vrs IPMI 2.0 issue. It is also possible to set a password via the /dev/ipmi interface so qualification of password length using the interface is not sufficient to cover all the cases.
I believe doing this correctly will require password length verification based on the current IPMI version. This patch will ca -- Jim Mankovich | jm...@hp.com -- On 4/28/2012 5:41 AM, Duncan Idaho wrote: > Jim, > > attached is proposed solution to constrain password length to 16, > resp. 20, bytes when LAN, resp. LAN+, interface is used. > > Comments are, of course, welcome from anybody. > > --Duncan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Ipmitool-devel mailing list Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel
