[windows2000] Re: Why isn't everyone being forced to change their pass
- From: "Chris Berry" <compjma@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:32:07 -0700
From: "Sorin Srbu" <Sorin.Srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>My personal opinion is that monthly is way too frequent, I'd have to
write
>my password down, I'd always be forgetting it, which pretty much defeats
the
>whole purpose. My policy is three months for relatively easy passwords
or
>six months for hard ones.
Our problem is not ppl writing up their passwords on notes that
they stick to the monitor, but easy passwords which can be
brute-force cracked.
Try using MTR-3006 passwords then, they're easy to remember but not
dictionary words. I use a program called Xyzzy to auto generate them, works
like a charm.
The physical environment here is more or less
locked down, so the sticky-notes are not that much of a problem
really.
A locked down university? How is that?
Chris Berry
compjma@xxxxxxxxxxx
Systems Administrator
JM Associates
"Q: How many software engineers does it take to change a lightbulb ?
A: It can't be done; it's a hardware problem."
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