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DateSat, 18 Nov 2006 22:42:02 +0100
FromPierre Ossman <>
SubjectRe: [patch 0/6] [RFC] Add MMC Password Protection (lock/unlock) support V6
David Brownell wrote:
> I thought the MMC vendors expected to see the actual user-typed
> password get SHA1-hashed into a value which would take up the whole
> buffer?  In general that's a good idea, since it promotes use of
> longer passphrases (more information) over short ones (easy2crack).
> 

This sounds like policy though, so it is something user space should
concern itself with. We should just provide the infrastructure.

Rgds

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     -- Pierre Ossman

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  PulseAudio, core developer          http://pulseaudio.org
  rdesktop, core developer          http://www.rdesktop.org

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