Re: Minimum userid character length

["Carroll, Tim" <Carrolltd () ROANESTATE EDU>]

John,

Roane State created a standard for assigning user names and is spelled out in our procedures documents.  It is last 
name, first and middle initial and then a sequence number where duplicates arise.  Mine for example is carrolltd. This 
is done automatically when an employee is added to our HR system… it is the same for students when accepted and 
enrolled.

Regards,

Tim
Tim Carroll
Assistant Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Information Technology
Roane State Community College
carrolltd () roanestate edu<mailto:carrolltd () roanestate edu>
865-882-4560

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of John 
Elliott
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 8:23 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Minimum userid character length

Hello Community,
  It looks like the topic of security related to username length has been hotly debated in some 
circles<http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/46875/why-is-there-a-minimum-username-length>. From my reading the 
danger is in being likely to receive more spam, thus more exposure to phishing etc. Though this is security related I 
don't think it's strictly less secure. That said, I have a negative gut reaction to single letter usernames as well and 
don't have any objection to implementing a minimum username length requirement so long as there is *some* basis for the 
character limit. I have the same negative gut reaction to arbitrarily choosing a minimum as well. What does your 
institution recommend to their users?
Thanks,

~John Elliott

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