Maximum Number of Usable Chars in Password

I searched (web and source code), but didn't find ... :( Short passwords are not good. Long passwords are better. But how long can they effectively be? I.e., if I enter 100 chars into the 'passwd' command, how many are actually used? All 100? ... I kind of doubt it ... I want to use the

Re: Maximum Number of Usable Chars in Password

On Thu, 19 Jun 2014 14:13:51 -0400 Kenneth Jacker k...@be.cs.appstate.edu wrote: But how long can they effectively be? I.e., if I enter 100 chars into the 'passwd' command, how many are actually used? All 100? ... I kind of doubt it ... I want to use the longest password possible in

Re: Maximum Number of Usable Chars in Password

Hi. On Thu, 19 Jun 2014 14:13:51 -0400 Kenneth Jacker k...@be.cs.appstate.edu wrote: But how long can they effectively be? I.e., if I enter 100 chars into the 'passwd' command, how many are actually used? It depends on password hasing algorithm used by passwd. For example, [1] declares