2009/11/30 James Westby <jw+deb...@jameswestby.net>: > On Mon Nov 30 13:47:34 -0500 2009 John Moser wrote: >> List some not-silly reasons. > > You're serious? Ok. > > * Takes a long time to crack any password that's not in the dictionary and > more than a few characters long. > * Rainbow tables would be too large to fit on the CD. > * We can't know up-front whether we will be able to crack a particular > password. Therefore the installer would say "please wait" for some time, > probably as long as the entire rest of the install, then may have > nothing to show for it. > * One OS intentionally "cracking" another would (perhaps rightly) not be > seen in a good light, regardless of how noble the reasons or careful > the implementation. > * It's a feature of dubious value to begin with. After it had taken some > time doing its thing you would need to have the user type in the password > anyway to confirm (you can't assume, and you can't really show it to them). > This will take far longer than just asking for it in the first place, just > to have them type it in once, rather than twice, when they should be > used to typing it anyway (though those at UDS may find it ironic that I > am the one saying that :-). > > Can we please spend our time on other worthwhile features and not argue about > whether "cracking" tools should exist for all to use or not?
Oh, yeah, plus this. My first reason was "it would take too long" - then I must have had mental block! -- Matt Wheeler m...@funkyhat.org -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss