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RE: Undeliverable: RE: [fw-wiz] HTTPS, proxies, and remote developers.


From: "David Gillett" <gillettdavid () fhda edu>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:35:10 -0700

From: Hilal Hussein [mailto:hilalma () hotmail com]

1-For the Password Policy, i got lots of documents from the 
net, and i came
out with two policies, one for "the creation of strong passwords, the
protection of those passwords, and the frequency of change" 
and the other is
for "how to write down passwords and seal them in an 
envelope, how to store
them and retrieve them appropriately".

Q1: do I have to keep it two policies or it is perferable to 
merge both in one document?

  I prefer "THE Password Policy" to "Which password policy covers
this?"

  I would, however, add a third section that deals with sharing /
revealing / cracking of passwords.  Make it clear (a) that cracking
is not allowed, (b) that sharing is not allowed, and that (c) unless
their is reason to believe that a *strong* (back to one of your existing
pieces) password was cracked, the account's user of record will be held
accountable for all use made.

David Gillett


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