On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 9:34 PM, Lawrence Velázquez <[email protected]>wrote:
> > Everything seems to be working correctly. Type your password and press > Return. Nothing will be displayed as you type. > > In case you're unaware, this is very common (dare I say ubiquitous?) > behavior for the Unix command line. I'm not sure I've ever seen a password > prompt that actually showed filler symbols. > I have, but it's rare. Web "usability" trumped security here --- filler symbols give away information about password length. (Granted, back when Unix was limited to 8 character maximum for passwords, this was a lot more information given away. Then again, I bet most people still use less than 8 characters when they can get away with it.) -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates [email protected] [email protected] unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net
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