VSPHERE 4.1 PASSWORD SECURITY ISSUE!!!!

I just learned from http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2010/07/esxi-41-major-security-issue.html that apparently there is a bad security bug in password authentication. The bug checks for only the 1st 8 characters of a password, ouch! Learn more at the link above or see this KB 1024500 for workarounds.