[ale] FW: more info on crypt.

[Bao Ha]

Your 
crypt library is using DES, which only uses the first 8 characters as 
its
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believe.
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  size=2>-----Original Message-----From: owner-ale at ale.org 
  [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Chris FowlerSent: 
  Thursday, March 29, 2001 9:35 AMTo: 
  'ale at ale.org'Subject: [ale] FW: more info on crypt. 
  
  Below is code and output of 2 executions 
  Run 1: You entered: password 
  It was encrypted to: ctmNrZ7a6zlUA <FONT 
  size=2>The correct password is: ctmNrZ7a6zlUA <FONT 
  size=2>Correct! 
  Run 2: You entered: 
  password12345 It was encrypted to: 
  ctmNrZ7a6zlUA The correct password is: 
  ctmNrZ7a6zlUA Correct! 
  --------- test.c ----------------- <FONT 
  size=2>#include <unistd.h> 
  #define PASSWORD "ctmNrZ7a6zlUA" 
  int main(void) <FONT 
  size=2>{ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  <FONT 
  size=2>char password[32]; 
  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  char 
  *encrypted; 
  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  printf("password: 
  "); Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  <FONT 
  size=2>scanf("%32s", password); 
  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  encrypted = 
  crypt(password, PASSWORD); 
  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  // DEBUG 
  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  printf("You 
  entered: %s\n", password); 
  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  printf("It was 
  encrypted to: %s\n", encrypted); 
  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  printf("The 
  correct password is: %s\n", PASSWORD); 
  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  // END 
  DEBUG 
  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  if 
  (strcmp(encrypted, PASSWORD) == 0) 
  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  
  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  <FONT 
  size=2>printf("Correct!\n"); 
  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  else 
  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  
  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  <FONT 
  size=2>printf("Incorrect!\n"); 
  Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  return 0; 
  } 
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