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echo: binkd
to: BENNY PEDERSEN
from: MARK LEWIS
date: 2020-05-01 14:18:00
subject: -64 and -46 option missin

  Re: -64 and -46 option missing in 101
  By: Benny Pedersen to Michiel van der Vlist on Fri May 01 2020 14:34:08


 ml>>> like 8 character passwords aren't already easily brute forced, eh?

 MvdV>> The session password in binkd is not limited to 8 characters. I do
 MvdV>> not know what the limit is or if there is a limit, but a test with
 MvdV>> 24 characters passed. And BTW it is case sensitive.

 BP> where have Mark being missinformated ? :)

i wasn't misinformed... i was thinking about mailers that validate inbound
packet passwords with the session password based on traditional FTN methods...
packets have max eight characters for passwords so there we are...


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