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Old 02-13-2012, 01:06 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by mc2739 View Post
I'm not sure about other Kindles, but this statement is not entirely true for the Kindle Touch.

I have changed the password on my Touch to a length of greater than eight characters and logging in using ssh and scp require all characters to be entered.

I cannot verify serial port logins since I have not opened my Touch and do not have a serial cable.
I added an update to the original post. The behavior that I described only applies to original default passwords. Any passwords changed with the "passwd" command are length-sensitive. Perhaps they use a different password encryption type that hashes more than the first 8 characters.
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