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Re: [tpop3d-discuss] Patch to prevent brute force password cracking
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Marcin Sochacki |
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Re: [tpop3d-discuss] Patch to prevent brute force password cracking |
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Wed, 16 Oct 2002 14:29:25 +0200 |
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On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 12:46:57PM +0100, Chris Lightfoot wrote:
> (One other thing to point out is that if you are
> authenticating using PAM, certain PAM modules incorporate
> delays when an incorrect password is received. This
> freezes the whole daemon -- and all connections in the
> authorisation state. I hate PAM....)
BTW: does anyone know a quick trick to turn off that feature of PAM?
I'm using Debian woody and potato.
Marcin