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RE: Website password policies


From: Joey Peloquin <jpelo1 () jcpenney com>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:56:56 -0600

http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1688

Joey Peloquin


-----Original Message-----
From: bob martin [mailto:bobmartin_613 () hotmail com] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 8:32 AM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Website password policies


Hello,
I'm been tasked with writing our website password policy and 
am wondering if 
there are best practices for this.  I'm torn between the 
security aspect 
versus the customer overhead and dissasatifaction of the 
typical website 
user if the password rules are too complex.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thank you.
Bob
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