Subj : FTS-1027 Section 1.7 CRAM-MD5 Frame Exchange Example
To : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Rob Swindell
Date : 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 password
> 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 would
> encourage other Fidonet collegues to use. So I strongly advise against using
> it as an example in an FTSC documentation.
Why burn a "good password" in a standards document? It's common practice to use bad passwords as example source material for hashes and digests in standards.
https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1321
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