A valid password would be like: MaRk#onE
That's not a real password of mine, you also have to remember that as a
contractor I have the "Red Headed Step Child" status and I don't have any
real access to any of the interesting stuff. ;-)
Most of the systems force a password change every 90 days. We are always
inundated with trouble tickets when groups of people hit that 90 day cycle
on the same day. For some reason it is difficult for some people to
synchronize their passwords between Novell and NT - even though it is a
clearly marked and automated prompt.
Gary
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Ronn Blankenship
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 7:38 AM
> To: Brin-L
> Subject: Re: Government agencies fail security test
>
>
> 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! :)
>
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>
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>
>
>
