1996-04-17 - Re: Spaces in passwords

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@piermont.com>
To: Ben Rothke <ben.rothke@citicorp.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-04-17 19:52:24 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 03:52:24 +0800

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 03:52:24 +0800
To: Ben Rothke <ben.rothke@citicorp.com>
Subject: Re: Spaces in passwords
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Ben Rothke writes:
> Do spaces (ASCII 20) in passwords make them less secure?

Of course not. In a normal Unix password, adding spaces to the
password search space increases the search space, so it necessarily
makes the search harder.

.pm





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