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|    Tommi Koivula to mark lewis    |
|    -64 and -46 option missing in 101    |
|    01 May 20 22:18:06    |
   
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   TID: hpt/w64-mvcdll 1.9.0-cur 2020-04-15   
   Hi mark.   
      
   01 May 20 14:14:08, you wrote to Benny Pedersen:   
      
    ml>>>> like 8 character passwords aren't already easily brute forced,   
    ml>>>> eh?   
      
    MvdV>>> The session password in binkd is not limited to 8 characters.   
    MvdV>>> I do not know what the limit is or if there is a limit, but a   
    MvdV>>> test with 24 characters passed. And BTW it is case sensitive.   
      
    BP>> where have Mark being missinformated ? :)   
      
    ml> i wasn't misinformed... i was thinking about mailers that validate   
    ml> inbound packet passwords with the session password based on   
    ml> traditional FTN methods... packets have max eight characters for   
    ml> passwords so there we are...   
      
   The best way is to set the same pkt and session password. Even if it is   
   possible define all these seperately in binkd.   
      
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