Comment on Microsoft doesn't allow passwords greater than 16 characters in lengthparentComments−rogerbinns14y> I doubt that MS is doing password hashing wrongThey have a long and storied history of doing just that. You can get a flavour from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTLMTheir hashing is most likely something defined to produce two parts from two 8 character chunks.
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> I doubt that MS is doing password hashing wrong
They have a long and storied history of doing just that. You can get a flavour from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTLM
Their hashing is most likely something defined to produce two parts from two 8 character chunks.