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Netatalk / netatalk

Netatalk is a Free and Open Source AFP fileserver. A *NIX or BSD system running Netatalk is capable of serving many Macintosh clients simultaneously as an AppleShare file server.
https://netatalk.io
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Deprecate cracklib support #930

Closed rdmark closed 5 months ago

rdmark commented 5 months ago

This is to discuss the removal of cracklib support (in both main and 2.x) from afppasswd, and by extension the RandNum UAM.

Maintaining cracklib support in a cross-platform compatible way has proven costly, and hardly worth the effort.

It supports a niche of a niche of a niche usecase at this point... The RandNum UAM is really only for providing a modicum of encryption for Apple IIe / IIGS / Mac System Software 6 and early 7 clients. And increasing the password strength when the max length is 8 characters, in 56bit encryption, makes hardly any difference at all IMHO.

ghost commented 5 months ago

I think we should keep it as there will be enthusiasts out there who have very old vintage macs. As a rule I think we should only deprecate features related to vintage host operating systems, not vintage client ones :)

rdmark commented 5 months ago

Alright, since you're volunteering to keep the build system working... ;)