I agree, but they are used together. One doesn't replace the other. History itself doesn't prevent changing your password back to what it was. The default history is 6 IIRC. A six day cycle to get back to qwerty is a likely deterrent to use the same password.
From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 1:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Password Policy - - how do you handle this? IMO the history is a lot more important than the min age. -- ME2 On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Louis, Joe <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Actually, it's a good security. If used with history, a minimum age prevents users from changing passwords the history length to get their preferred password back. Ie. qwerty -> qwertu qwertu -> qwerty qwerty -> qwerto qwerto -> qwertp qwertp -> qwerty From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 11:50 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Password Policy - - how do you handle this? What is the theory behind this password age? Other people I know don't wash after visiting the restroom. Just because I know or work with them doesn't mean I'd ever shake their hand. -- ME2 On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Jeremy Anderson <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: The security guy is insisting that we set the Min Password Age to 1 day. I agree in theory that this is a swell idea, but in practice, I think it will be a disaster. We have users that forget their passwords every other day (Don't ask) and company politics that are going to let this bad habit continue. Admins reset the password, and set the flag that says "Must change password on next logon" I say, that the user will never get prompted to reset the next time they login, or that changing it will fail, because the password is now less than one day old. Security guy says "Not having that set is a bad idea, other companies do it, make it happen" How do you guys deal with this? Thanks Jeremy ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
