Subj : FTS-1027 Section 1.7 CRAM-MD5 Frame Exchange Example
To   : Rob Swindell
From : Carol Shenkenberger
Date : Tue Apr 30 2024 05:01 pm

  Re: FTS-1027 Section 1.7 CRAM-MD5 Frame Exchange Example
  By: Rob Swindell to Michiel van der Vlist on Mon Apr 29 2024 12:51 pm

 >   Re: FTS-1027 Section 1.7 CRAM-MD5 Frame Exchange Example
 >   By: Michiel van der Vlist to Jason Brady on Sun Apr 28 2024 08:58 am
 > 
 >  > Hello Jason,
 >  >
 >  > On Saturday April 27 2024 13:11, you wrote to deon:
 >  >
 >  >  JB> Regarding FTS-1027 section 1.7, can the example be updated, or is it
 >  >  JB> illustrative only? If I may make a suggestion, I would use a passwor
 >  >  JB> more in line with one assigned by an NC (such as "BOBBY123")
 >  >
 >  > "BOBBY123" is NOT a password I would use or a type of password that I wou
 >  > encourage other Fidonet collegues to use. So I strongly advise against us
 >  > it as an example in an FTSC documentation.
 > 
 > Why burn a "good password" in a standards document? It's common practice to 
 > bad passwords as example source material for hashes and digests in standards
 > https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1321
 > --
 >                                             digital man (rob)
 > 
 > Synchronet/BBS Terminology Definition #49:
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Agreed.  A sample should be something like yourpassword

   xxcarol
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