On Wed, 04 Apr 2001 09:25:51 -0500, you wrote:
>>so vnc uses crypt()? i thought it used a challenge-response system of the
>>author's own design.
>I'm doing some modifications for other reasons to vncviewer, and yesterday
>I ran across the code that trims the password down to 8 characters. I
>didn't explore much around there, though.
I'd like to know what the algorithm is so I can write a tool to change the
registry password from a command line, or cgi interface.
crypt() (at least in perl) produces 13 chars of encryption, VNC's is fixed
at 8 chars.
Cheers,
Andy.
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