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    > > > I think there's another reason for not decoding the upper
    > > > bytes though. Some BIOS's encode passwords there, which are
    > > > notoriously insecure. (Do a websearch for BIOS cracker)
    > > > If this interface were opened up to show the upper bytes,
    > > > the userspace app to decode them should only decode the
    > > > upper bytes if the user has the capabilities.
    > > I know about BIOS crackers, I have wriiten one myself. I
    > > don't think we
    > > should put the BIOS cracker into the nvram driver.
    > That's not what I meant.
    > What I meant was that normal users should be able to read the
    > fields that contain the encoded password.

    Doh, that should have read 'should NOT be able to'

    d.

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