Does key length require storage?

[Kevin A. Burton]

Anatoly Vorobey wrote:

>On Sun, Jan 23, 2005 at 10:19:22PM -0800, Kevin A. Burton wrote:
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>>The current  protocol.txt says that the maximum lenght of a key is 250 
>>characters.
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>>Is there any hashing done in the server to prevent storage of the key or 
>>is the entire key stored so that the server can rehash if necessary?
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>>
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>The entire key is stored and matched when necessary.
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Why isn't this documented anywhere. Should we be recommending that 
people use short keys when possible?

Kevin

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