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Re: Password Cracking & Consequences
From: Gary Flynn <flynngn () JMU EDU>
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 10:37:46 -0400
Theresa M Rowe wrote:
I just cannot imagine even trying that in our culture. I am surprise that this is being done at some organizations. Can you share more specifics about the process: What campus involvement did you get prior to making the decision - this couldn't have been just an IT decision. How did you market it? How did your faculty react? Theresa Rowe Assistant Vice President University Technology Services www.oakland.edu/uts - the latest news from University Technology Services
What do you think is being lost here if a system administrator tests password strength to protect the system and users? If they're the system administrator and have root access, they're not gaining anything they don't already have. -- Gary Flynn Security Engineer James Madison University ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Discussion Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/.
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- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences, (continued)
- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences Scott Weeks (Aug 26)
- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences James Riden (Aug 26)
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- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences Scott Bradner (Aug 26)
- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences James Riden (Aug 26)
- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences Michael Mills (Aug 26)
- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences Theresa M Rowe (Aug 27)
- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences Wayne Wilson (Aug 27)
- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences Gary Flynn (Aug 27)
- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences Lucas, Bryan (Aug 27)
- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences Gary Flynn (Aug 27)
- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences Lucas, Bryan (Aug 27)
- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences Justin Azoff (Aug 27)
- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences Michael Mills (Aug 27)
- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences Christian Wilson (Aug 27)
- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences Theresa M Rowe (Aug 27)
- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences Theresa M Rowe (Aug 27)
- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences Gary Flynn (Aug 27)
- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences Eric Pancer (Aug 27)
- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences Christian Wilson (Aug 27)
- Re: Password Cracking & Consequences Justin Azoff (Aug 27)
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