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Re: PW validation (was: Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?)
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Date: 
Sun, 23 Apr 2000 19:47:46 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Richard Franks writes:

Maybe I'm just miffed because it failed *all* of the passwords I use?

Me too.  I mean, I'm not miffed (I have *much* better things to get miffed
about) but it did fail, without exception, every password I have ever used.

If I
did anything that even remotely required great security

I do.  And the things I apply them to have checks for weak passwds.

I suspect that they aren't as tight because they use a secondary measure to
prevent brute force (three missed passwd attempts means you have to get your
passwd manually reset).

eric



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  Re: PW validation (was: Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?)
 
(...) In a row. Very important phrase I left out. (...) eric (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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(...) Maybe I'm just miffed because it failed *all* of the passwords I use? :) If I did anything that even remotely required great security that would be a problem I guess! (...) *mumble*mumble* Look over there - a MISB Galaxy Explorer! (...) It's (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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