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Subject:	Re: PW validation (was: Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general
Date:	Sun, 23 Apr 2000 00:59:49 GMT
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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, That is its purpose. --Todd

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		Re: PW validation (was: Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?)
(...) But the validator doesn't find non-sucky passwords, it just finds the least randomised - ie, it will pass something like: 4h(i,>$s& but fail: 4h(i,>$s&-fun What's the point of allowing people to change from their highly randomised default (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !

		Re: PW validation (was: Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?)
(...) Draconian and rather big-parentish. Why can't I take the risk of a sucky password if I so choose? Not that I personally would, mind you. Now, unlike government jackbootedness, we do as consumers have a choice not to use Lugnet... but what (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

		Re: PW validation (was: Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?)
(...) In that case, you may as well not bother allowing us to change passwords since we can only change to one just as random and hard to remember, which will also go up on a yellow sticky on the monitor like the current one is... (if I worked in an (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !

		Re: PW validation (was: Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?)
Todd Lehman skrev i meddelandet ... (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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		Re: PW validation (was: Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?)
(...) So are you going to enforce that people HAVE to set their passwords to things that the validator feels don't suck, or are you going to give advice but allow it anyway? The former is rather draconian for a site that doesn't handle money. I've (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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