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Re: PW validation (was: Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?)
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Sun, 23 Apr 2000 19:51:24 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Anders Isaksson writes:
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,

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.

Can't or won't?


- by disallowing some passwords, you are limiting the number of possible
passwords, i.e. you are making a brute force attack easier.

I don't believe that's the case.

http://www.lugnet.com/admin/general/?n=5788


- the refutation of a password makes the customer irritated, especially if
there's no _obvious_ (to the customer) reason.

I may have to make a short FAQ page.


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.

SW:Ep1
M:Tron6989
70'sLEGO
2*4Brick
Pi3.14159
12:34Sunday

--Todd



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: PW validation (was: Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?)
 
(...) Oops, almost forgot to list the classic counterexample! E=mc^2 That uses a mix of... * At least one uppercase letter from A-Z * At least one lowercase letter from a-z * At least one numeric digit from 0-9 * At least one "special" character (...) (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'm not sure what you're asking here... What I tried to say was: If I have to construct a (for me) strange password, 'just to please the system' (that's how most users see it, at least), the probability of (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: PW validation (was: Re: Opinions wanted: article rating harmful?)
 
(...) NONE of those are bad passwords for the level of security that LUGNET, now, or ever, (2) will require. To think differently implies that either there is something far far deeper and earth shatteringly important about to happen at some point (...) (25 years ago, 23-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general) ! 

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  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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