From:	"Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
To:	<djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Status update (Smalltalk/Python)
Date:	Sun, 21 Jan 2001 14:10:40 +0100
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> I wonder: isn't this dangerous?  Won't we get problems with some 
> over-zealous programs that might not like empty passwords?
> 
> (Also, a non-empty password might be less dull ;-)
Wasn't sure what to use for a value though; would apps expect
crypt()'ed values or plaintext?
And what would be a good value? Maybe we could select one randomly
from "secret", "password" and "god" :-)
I'm open to suggestions...

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