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RE: Passwords on Linux systems(for all flavors)

Subject: RE: Passwords on Linux systems(for all flavors)
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 00:19:14 -0700
 

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From: Glynn Clements [mailto:glynn@gclements.plus.com]
Sent: Sun 7/10/2005 2:02 PM
To: shyaam@gmail.com
Cc: focus-linux@securityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Passwords on Linux systems(for all flavors)




shyaam@gmail.com wrote:

I would like to know the place where I can find the linux password
constraints for the various linux flavors. What I mean is the details
like number of key spaces or the key length, the types of charactors
that can be used, the restrictions and the number of times the
password can be tried if not infinite, etc. I am in need of these
details very urgently, so please do help me on this topic.

It all depends on the administrators settings and thier understanding of PAM;
there are some useful guides to securing basic services like the following: 

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/security/security-handbook.xml?full=1 



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