[ale] RE: sorry so blond

[Joe Steele]

On Friday, April 05, 2002 9:15 AM, Chris Fowler wrote:
> 
> I hate PAM.  I can not stand miss typing my password and having to 
> wait almost 2 seconds to get another login because PAM is
> cleaning itself up.
> 

PAM's delay is intentional;  it slows down brute force password 
guessing attacks.  The delay can be eliminated by adding 'nodelay' to 
the appropriate line in your PAM configuration.  

Typing classes can also help. :)

--Joe

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