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From: jon schatz (jondivisionbyzero.com)
Date: Wed May 01 2002 - 14:01:43 CDT

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    On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 10:01, TUTTLE, TERESA A (SBCSI) wrote:
    > I believe this has always been true of most versions of Unix I'm
    > familiar with. Also take into account the fact that there are only 7 random
    > bits per character and you're getting even less protection than you first
    > think!

    most modern *nix use md5_crypt, which gives you an unlimited password
    length instead of the 8 char limit.

    -jon 

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