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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 21:02:12 +0200
From: Frank Dittrich <frank.dittrich@...lbox.org>
To: john-dev@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: plaintext truncation

On 08/13/2015 08:57 PM, Solar Designer wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 09:09:06PM +0300, Solar Designer wrote:
>> To implement this, we probably need to introduce a new format flag.
>> Should we call it FMT_TRUNC?  And what should it mean - target system's
>> truncation or JtR's truncation at a length below the target system's?
> 
> OK, I think it should be FMT_TRUNC and it should mean the target
> system's truncation, which JtR will replicate (like it does now).

But some target systems will truncate or limit the length  in
characters, not bytes.

Frank

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