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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cleveland.Freenet.Edu!cj766 From: cj766@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Todd Gruhn) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development Subject: Re: Passwords in 386bsd Date: 13 Nov 1993 19:36:17 GMT Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA) Lines: 14 Message-ID: <2c3cvh$470@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: nextsun.ins.cwru.edu I have played with the password routines on NetNSD. It appears to be far more robust and secure than 386BSD. Does anyone know about FreeBSD? For one, NetBSD insists you use punctuation, or upper/low- er case mixtures to discourage "cracking". I have seen this only on the Sun operating systems. Good thinking! If anyone is worried about security checkout cs.purdue.edu under /pub/spaff and /pub/spaff/papers(?). These are where professor Gene Spafford makes his work (and others!) available to the public. Can someone tell me why I can no longer find COPS for NetBSD? Todd Gruhn/cj766@cleveland.freenet.edu --