Re: xkcd on password strength

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon &
Hannah <rmslade () shaw ca> wrote:
> Date sent:              Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:21:14 +0100 (BST)
> From:                   Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>
>
> > I suspect that's the commonest problem today, and strength of password
> > does nothing to help.
>
> It does if the bad guys use LANMAN and are limited to 14 characters  :-)
Apple's Screen Sharing (remote desktop) is no better at 8 character.
Before the latest release (Lion), Snow Leopard would not honor the
no-anonymous for me or the "Only allow these User" settings.

Jeff

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