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Re: [linux-security] Problems running crack on linux.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Tue Aug 20 01:21:39 1996
From: Alan Cox <alan@cymru.net>
To: rob@lspace.org (Robert R. Collier)
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 19:57:46 +0100 (BST)
Cc: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
In-Reply-To: <199608161521.QAA28744@tanstafl.demon.co.uk> from "Robert R. Collier" at Aug 16, 96 04:21:53 pm
> pwc: Aug 16 16:11:12 Crack v4.1f: The Password Cracker, (c) Alec D.E. Muffett, 1992
> pwc: Aug 16 16:11:12 Version of crypt() being used internally is not compatible with standard.
> pwc: Aug 16 16:11:12 This could be due to byte ordering problems - see the comments in Sources/conf.h
> pwc: Aug 16 16:11:12 If there is another reason for this, edit the source to remove this assertion.
> pwc: Aug 16 16:11:12 Terminating...
> -->8-->8--
This is correct. Our long passwords are different. We also have a very
fast crypt() in libc, so use that an for optimal performance static link
it so crypt isnt running -fPIC
Crack 5.0 is about to appear
