I see. So are we supposed to live with this "feature" forever? Isn't there
any workaround? Moreover, why should "the other platforms have been made compatible
with this"? This somewhat seems absurd, don't you feel so?
And how about the second point? Anyway to define password without human
intervention?
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : William Hooper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Envoyi : mercredi 25 fivrier 2004 16:04
> @ : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Objet : RE: !!!DANGER!!!! Acute security risk! WAKE UP!!!!
>
> Seak, Teng-Fong said:
> > Talking about security, there's one severe bug that needs to be
> > corrected. Months ago, someone reported that even though we could define
> > a long password, but the effective number of letters is only 8 (eight)!
>
> This isn't a bug, it is a documented limitation.
>
> http://www.uk.research.att.com/archive/vnc/faq.html#q55
> "While we're on the subject of security, you should also be aware that
> only the first 8 characters of VNC passwords are significant. This is
> because the 'getpass' call used in the Unix server to read a password has
> this restriction, and the other platforms have been made compatible with
> this."
>
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