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Re: PW validation (was: Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?)
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sun, 23 Apr 2000 17:35:33 GMT
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Todd Lehman skrev i meddelandet ...
> In lugnet.admin.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > So are you going to enforce that people HAVE to set their passwords to
> > things that the validator feels don't suck,
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> That is its purpose.
I think that's unwise (to _force_ people to use an acknowledged pw). Two
reasons:
- one cannot choose a password that is easy to remember --> it will be written
down in some easy accessible place.
- by disallowing some passwords, you are limiting the number of possible
passwords, i.e. you are making a brute force attack easier.
- the refutation of a password makes the customer irritated, especially if
there's no _obvious_ (to the customer) reason.
Test for a minimum length, and force a mix of letters (upper and lower case)
and numbers/special characters, and it will be good enough.
[OK, that was three things, but who said I can count?]
--
Anders Isaksson, Sweden
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