[Ilugc] How to modify password strength in RHEL
- From: rs2003@xxxxxxxxx (R.Subramanian (RS))
- Date: Mon Mar 20 18:34:23 2006
On 3/18/06, Binand Sethumadhavan <binand@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 18/03/06, Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Don't. 4 character passwords will be easy to bruteforce.
they are migrating doze guys to linux -
B.S. Migration from one system to another is not an excuse for shoddy
security practices.
Thank you for the replies.
I'd rather have these guys continue on windows and getting this bruteforce
experience on that platform.
We already experienced it. And that is the main reason for this migration.
But the challenge now is to make the server migration as seamless as
possible.
My original plan was to just seamlessly migrate then make all the users
comply with the security requirements of Linux. They have been shoddy so far
If suddenly all of them are asked to be more organised, they will join
together and reject the Linux migration plan itself.
I need to advocate the security points firmly but carefully.
Take a look at this:
You have P T usha who is an Olympic gold medalist.
And you have Iswarya Rai who is a beauty Queen ( or so called)
(Linux and Wi*dows may compare well with P T usha and Iswarya )
While P T usha can run kilometers together non stop at lightning speeds,
Iswarya can not even run for 20 meters at a stretch before crashing.
Now if you ask a common man who he will want to accompany, 90 % will
say Iswarya. ( we must understand that most of the world is driven on
external looks). The other 10 % will opt for Usha on her merits.
These 10 % are people who are intelligent. and the rest 90 % are stupids.
No Doubts. But these stupids have one strength. MAJORITY.
In world only THE MAJORITY dictates the terms
If one can beatify usha to look close to iswarya, without making her loose
her merits, only then it will become a super hit. And it is a long process.
RS
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