[windows2000] Re: Why isn't everyone being forced to change their pass
- From: "Chris Berry" <compjma@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 12:51:47 -0700
From: "Sorin Srbu" <Sorin.Srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Umm... I think that is a university problem. The PhD-students at
our lab never want to change their passwords. When I first started
my work at the dept, the previous "sysadmin" told me he had managed
to reach a consensus by having a 6 month period between changes. If
the students would have had their way, it would have been 5 years
or some such. I implemented, by force, a 2 month period for
changing the pwds. I'd rather have it at one month though. I might
do it stealthily anyway. >>8->
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.
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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