Perhaps 8 character passwords should be replaced with 255 characters passphases (password phases) ?
Steve Finch -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 1:14 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Yahoo Password Breach: 7 Lessons Learned - Security - Attacks/breaches - Informationweek On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:00:33 -0400, John Gilmore wrote: > >Passwords or userids that may be at most 8 characters in length are >unacceptable today. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
