Andrew Errington wrote:I'm expecting the answer no.
Correct answer.
I read a rather good article from some at Mickey$oft about security. He suggested that you give up on the use of passwords altogether. Instead you should use a passphrase. Easy for you to remember, but at 30 or 40 characters, almost impossible to hack.
It only extends the password space a little bit. Disable passwords for ssh, and only use DSA keys. That effectively extends the size of the "password" from a few bytes to just over 1kb.
-jim
