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Re: 15 character minimum passwords
From: Gary Flynn <flynngn () JMU EDU>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 18:07:13 -0400
-----Original Message----- [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU]On Behalf Of Scott Bradner
>> Gary Flynn wrote:
If the password is: 1234567 1234567 #FS1gws $Sv5 What does it matter?not much, but it will be writen on a postit note stuck to teh computer
Mine aren't. Lucas, Bryan wrote: > That's why you don't do random passwords, you do mnemonic. Yup. Besides, these days what would be better: 1) A good password on a postit note where a criminal would have to have physical access to the computer to get it; maybe through locked doors. (Corollary - Is anyone saying that they don't have things written down on their desk at least as confidential as a computer password?) or 2) An easy-to-remember password that isn't written anywhere but exposed to 300,000,000 people on an Internet accesible server. -- 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: 15 character minimum passwords, (continued)
- Re: 15 character minimum passwords Matthew Keller (Jul 09)
- Re: 15 character minimum passwords Melissa Guenther (Jul 09)
- Re: 15 character minimum passwords Leslie Maltz (Jul 09)
- Re: 15 character minimum passwords Jim Loter (Jul 09)
- Re: 15 character minimum passwords Bill Frazier (Jul 09)
- Re: 15 character minimum passwords Lucas, Bryan (Jul 09)
- Re: 15 character minimum passwords Gary Flynn (Jul 09)
- Re: 15 character minimum passwords Wayne Wilson (Jul 09)
- Re: 15 character minimum passwords Scott Bradner (Jul 09)
- Re: 15 character minimum passwords Lucas, Bryan (Jul 09)
- Re: 15 character minimum passwords Gary Flynn (Jul 09)