Also 14 character password limit for secstore password when storing in nvram.
Vào 11:18, T.5, 29 Th1, 2026 <[email protected]> đã viết: > Hello 9fans, > > I'm trying to understand whether there are technical reasons for us > (9front) having a 27-character limit on auth passwords. > > On 9front, this can be traced back to PASSWDLEN defined in authsrv.h. That > constant was split off from ANAMELEN in commit 3c622887, and /doc/prog4.ms > mentions that ANAMELEN is a vestige of when 9p used fixed 28-character > buffers for paths, defined as NAMELEN. > > And this is where the trail runs cold. I am unable to find out why > ANAMELEN exists at all. Key derivation functions should be able to handle > arbitrary length passwords, so ostensibly PASSWDLEN is not needed in > principle. Is this just a historical quirk, or am I missing something? > > I'm thinking it might be interesting to say something about this at iwp9, > so any thoughts or discussion here is quite welcome. > > Cheers, > B. Wilson > > *9fans <https://9fans.topicbox.com/latest>* / 9fans / see discussions > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans> + participants > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/members> + delivery options > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription> Permalink > <https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Te7acf42f92a5d9b6-M765f2dce99ccd2a4c150f239> > ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Te7acf42f92a5d9b6-M4e5d372824aa8248d4793b9a Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
