Fwd: [Kannel-Devel] SMPP Maximum Password Length

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From: M Amedeo Alaimo <[email protected]>
Date: Dec 19, 2005 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Kannel-Devel] SMPP Maximum Password Length
To: Peter Beckman <[email protected]>


Thanks!
I'm going to search the users and devel list..... hehe



On 12/19/05, Peter Beckman <[email protected]> wrote:
> I remember this being mentioned before on the users list -- search the mail
> archives for both devel and users for password too long or 9 characters or
> something like that..
>
> I believe that the fix was change it to 8 characters and tell your provider
> they suck.
>
> I can't recall if the SMPP implementation was wrong in kannel (9 characters
> was implemented as 8 + null) or if the SMPP spec specifies 9 characters,
> but fails to mention clearly that the 9th is a null or that the null
> termination is counted as part of the 9.
>
> Beckman
>
> On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, M Amedeo Alaimo wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a question about Kannel and the smsc-password length
> > The smpp v3.4 states the maximum length is 9 characters.
> > The password i was supplied from our provider is 9 characters.
> > I put a line similar to this in my kannel.conf -
> > smsc-username = onetwothr
> > smsc-password = onetwothr
> >
> > And then i get this error message when starting the bearerbox
> >
> > [27034] [6] WARNING: SMPP: PDU element <password> too long (length is
> > 9, should be 8)
> > 2005-12-19 14:27:07 [27034] [6] WARNING: SMPP: PDU NULL terminated
> > string has no NULL.
> > 2005-12-19 14:27:07 [27034] [6] ERROR:
> > SMPP[SMPP:host:8080/700:onetwothr:]: SMSC rejected login to transmit,
> > code 0x0000000e (Invalid Password).
> >
> > I was wondering if I am doing something wrong, or is Kannel's maximum
> > password length 8?
> > Also I am using today's cvs version.
> >
> > Thanks a Bunch!
> >
> > M Amedeo Alaimo
> >
> >
>
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