Jim Henderson wrote:
> What is the current max length of a Windows password? 

I'm not sure, and it changes depending what you're doing. Just logging 
in locally? Logging into a domain? Talking over SAMBA? Talking to a 
non-windows-NT SAMBA? It's at least 14 characters, and if you make it 
that long, the 7+7 broken hash in the login doesn't work any more. 
(I.e., at 14+ characters, you can't brute force it nearly as easily as 
at 13 characters, because Windows no longer exhibits the flaw that makes 
it easy to crack.)

>> [1] Bonus points to any flames about AD, that you can install windows on
>> something other than C:, and so on.
> 
> Not sure I follow here - unless you're saying that with AD the key isn't 
> stored on the local machine...

Only that saying "C:" is a generic term, and I'm aware of that fact.

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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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