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>When a password of 9 or more characters is sent, their buffer is over-run, and it allows you to log in.<p>Man, computers used to be fun
Unix crypt only accepted 8 characters and ignored the rest. If your password was 123456789, it was considered the same as 12345678a.
It really was a fun time. I remember sitting in a coffee shop just sniffing WiFi traffic.<p>A friend was a reporter for the local paper and interviewed the mayor. I turned my laptop around and showed my friend the mayors imap password. Just right there floating through the air.
Yep, now everything is done through agents unfortunately.
So this is how my low numbered account was stolen back in the day - thanks for sharing.
Rewrite it in Rust
Tooooooooooooooooooooooooot!
(startup jingle, good mems)
Uh oh!