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Subject: 4.2 ftp has 8 character passwords
Message-ID: <16203@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 31-Jan-84 09:55:16 EST
Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.16203
Posted: Tue Jan 31 09:55:16 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 7-Feb-84 10:04:13 EST
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From:  Robert W. Scheifler 

Description:
	User ftp truncates passwords to 8 characters, which loses
	completely when talking to non-Unix sites.
Repeat-By:
	ftp to a TOPS-20, for example, and try to login to an
	account with a long password.
Fix:
	Change
		static char pbuf[9];
	to
		static char pbuf[51];
	and
		if (p < &pbuf[8])
	to
		if (p < &pbuf[50])
	or some other suitably large values.  (Geez, C+Unix=blech.)