Adrian von Bidder wrote: > On Thursday 15 December 2005 23.54, Noah Meyerhans wrote: >> given the choice between having your users use weak but easy to remember >> passwords and having them use complex passwords that they have to write >> down, > > My experience suggests that users use weak passwords *and* need to write > them down. :-( (This can be construed as an argument that encryption is > not necessary: if the passwords are easily guessable anyway...) > > Including an 'official' note with all passwords hanging at the whiteboard > in one small company (ca. 5 people).. > > -- vbi >
at least i use pwgen or gpw to generate passwords for the users which they then can't change. passwords generated with gpw seem to be acceptable by most people. kev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]