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Secure Password Policy?
From: "Sulaiman, Wilmar" <wsulaiman () siddharta co id>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:11:30 +0700
Dear all, I noticed that "best practice" for Minimum password length policy is either 6 or 8 characters. I guess SANS institute considered a weak password if it is less than 8 characters. I would like to know where they derived the number (6 and 8 characters). Is there any documentation to backup it up why the best practice for minimum password length is set to 6? Wilmar Sulaiman Risk Advisory Services KPMG Siddharta Siddharta & Widjaja 32nd Floor, GKBI Building 28, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Jakarta 10210, Indonesia J : +62 (0) 21 574 2333 Fax : +62 (0) 21 574 1777 ********************************************************************** The information in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorized. If you have received this communication in error, please address with the subject heading "Received in error," send to postmaster () siddharta co id, then delete the e-mail and destroy any copies of it. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Any opinions or advice contained in this e-mail are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing Siddharta Siddharta & Widjaja/PT Siddharta Consulting client engagement letter. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this e-mail and any attachments that do not relate to the official business of the firm are neither given nor endorsed by it. Siddharta Siddharta & Widjaja/PT Siddharta Consulting cannot guarantee that e-mail communications are secure or error-free, as information could be intercepted, corrupted, amended, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Siddharta Siddharta & Widjaja - Registered Public Accountants, registered in Indonesia, is a member firm of KPMG International. PT Siddharta Consulting, a limited liability company registered in Indonesia, is a member firm of KPMG International. KPMG International is a Swiss cooperative of which all KPMG firms are members. KPMG International provides no professional services to clients. Each member firm is a separate and independent legal entity and each describes itself as such. This footnote also confirms that this e-mail message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. See www.mimesweeper.com for more information. ********************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Audit your website security with Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner: Hackers are concentrating their efforts on attacking applications on your website. Up to 75% of cyber attacks are launched on shopping carts, forms, login pages, dynamic content etc. Firewalls, SSL and locked-down servers are futile against web application hacking. Check your website for vulnerabilities to SQL injection, Cross site scripting and other web attacks before hackers do! Download Trial at: http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/pen-test_050831 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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