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Re: Senior M$ member says stop using passwords completely!
From: Frank Knobbe <frank () knobbe us>
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 11:59:48 -0500
On Sat, 2004-10-16 at 11:46, Frank Knobbe wrote:
It's a nice recommendation of MS to make (to use long passphrases instead of passwords). But I don't consider 14 chars a "passphrase". Perhaps they should enable more/all password components to handle much longer passwords/phrases.
heh... I suck. Scratch that msg (where's my coffee?). My gaming laptop is even configured to log in automatically with AutoLogon=1 and a password that is longer than 14. Perhaps a faint memory of pain from the old Winders days wallowed up inside me. Oh well, I'll shut up now...
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