At 06:07 AM 11/13/01, Gary L. Nunn wrote: >This is not surprising, I see these things at the DoD every day. Part of the >problem is that the DoD security directive mandates a separate and unique >password for every system accessed. Passwords have to include a special >character (!@#$&),
So would that be a valid password? One of yours perhaps? ;-) >and some must include upper and lower case letters as >well - and they can't be written down. The reality is that where I work, it >is not uncommon for people to have 15 to 20 different passwords that they >have to use every day. It is a complete denial of reality to expect people >to NOT write down their passwords. Even with my memory for the obscure, I'd probably have a difficult time remembering that many strings of essentially arbitrary characters, particularly the ones I didn't use regularly. (Of course, when _I_ was in the Air Force, the only thing one had to remember in order to access the computer with all the classified engineering data on it was the combination to the lock on the computer room door. ;-) ) To make matters worse: How often, according to the directive, must they be changed? -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
