Notes posted by mildavw

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December 7, 2012
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Beware: default system crypt functionality silently ignores characters beyond the 8th

On some systems:

"1".crypt('aa')                     => "aacFCuAIHhrCM"
"12".crypt('aa')                    => "aa8dJzr7DFMPA"
"123".crypt('aa')                   => "aamrgyQfDFSHw"
"1234".crypt('aa')                  => "aatxRPdZ/m52."
"12345".crypt('aa')                 => "aajt.4s3e3SZA"
"123456".crypt('aa')                => "aaAN1ZUwjW7to"
"1234567".crypt('aa')               => "aaOK9MRbwVNmQ"
"12345678".crypt('aa')              => "aaNN3X.PL2piw"
"123456789".crypt('aa')             => "aaNN3X.PL2piw"
"1234567890".crypt('aa')            => "aaNN3X.PL2piw"
"1234567890abcdefghij".crypt('aa')  => "aaNN3X.PL2piw"