What is PCNS?

Christopher R. Hertel crh at ubiqx.mn.org
Wed Apr 6 02:10:35 GMT 2005


On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 08:35:59AM +1000, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
:
> > > The client sends the cleartext of the new password
> > > encrypted with the has of the old password like Richard
> > > mentioned in a previous mail.
> > 
> > Is this true for Win9x-vintage clients or is it only true if they're 
> > RPC-capable?
> 
> It is true for almost all clients, except those which make a LM hash
> only password change.

Ah...  that's probably where that idea came from.

Thanks.

Chris -)-----
...still not sure what PCNS is, though.  :)

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