On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 3:50 PM, G.Waleed Kavalec <[email protected]> wrote: > A trick we used to use (many years ago) was that after 3 bad tries NO > password would work, even the right one. No additional error message, > it just let you keep on trying.
That's a common technique. It's available in Windows as "account lockout". Other techniques include an artificially-induced delay after each wrong password attempt, thus limiting the rate at which possible passwords can be tried and progressively increasing that delay after successive wrong attempts. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
