first letter only of a 7 word phrase? On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 1:20 PM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hilarious. Though Caesare may have pushed Shook out of the tree. > It's been a while since he showed up. > > On a topical note, I completely agree. I encourage people to use > long, grammatical passphrases whenever possible. In truth, however, > they tend to only do it for things they don't have to type very often > such as WPA keys, etc. For everyday use they always revert to > something short unless there is a policy in place that forces them to > do otherwise. > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:38 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thoughts, comments? Oh and do read the comments. > > > > I've sometimes wondered if we wouldn't be better off enforcing (1) a > > very long minimum password length and (2) complexity checking that > > only filters stupid sequences. Thus, encouraging users to use > > non-trivial passphrases rather than passwords. > > > > Shook and Caesare sitting in a tree > > > > is going to be both hard to guess and easy to remember, while > > > > S5p$3xQ! > > > > is only hard to guess, and thus much more likely to be on a Post-It note. > > > > -- Ben > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
