full-disclosure - os x 10.2.x has 8 character password limit

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From: merlyn at stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Subject: os x 10.2.x has 8 character password limit

>>>>> "S" == S f Stover <attica@...ckheap.org> writes:

S> Just spoke to Apple tech support and they confirmed this is a known
S> limitation of 10.2 which was purposefully fixed in 10.3 (panther).

Why is this surprising?  All Unix versions have had this limitation,
and OSX is a version of Unix.

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