It was Bill Joy's password, not Ken Thompson's, that had a control character
The current title ("It was Bill Joy's password, not Ken Thompson") I assume is in reference to Ken's password being cracked two weeks ago. The title is not correct. Ken's password was cracked. Bill Joy's password has now also been cracked, but not disclosed w/o getting permission from Joy to do so first.<p>Discussion from two weeks ago - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21202905" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21202905</a><p>Message posting /etc/password entries - <a href="https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2019-October/018854.html" rel="nofollow">https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2019-October/018854.h...</a><p>Message showing Ken's cracked password - <a href="https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2019-October/018917.html" rel="nofollow">https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2019-October/018917.h...</a><p>Message showing Bill Joy's hashed password - <a href="https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2019-October/018955.html" rel="nofollow">https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2019-October/018955.h...</a><p>A correct title would be "Bill Joy's password has now also been cracked."