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From: sater@vu44.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Passwords
Message-ID: <198@vu44.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 20-Jun-83 13:01:55 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 20 13:01:55 1983
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About using a passwd generator I have the following to add.
If the random number generator inside it has a too small period
you get into amusing trouble.
See
	Password Security: A Case History
by	Robert Morris
and	Ken Thompson

as distributed with the standard V7 documentation.
The relevant passage starts
	An anecdote

How long can one prevent to reinvent the wheel ?

		Hans van Staveren
		Vrije Universiteit
		Amsterdam, Holland