I accidentally replied just to Jan, so re-replying to all.... Personally, the feature is useful, but I agree with the above poster that there really is no good default password policy. As long as the feature is well documented, that is all I would ask for. Unless of course the default password policy is incredibly lax, it might get in the way if enabled by default.
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 5:47 AM, Jan-Oliver Wagner <jan-oliver.wag...@greenbone.net> wrote: > On Donnerstag, 28. Februar 2013, Michiel Van Es wrote: >> I would say: Yes - enable the option and No - don't enable it by default >> since there is no default good set of password policy rules. >> Leave it up to the users to enable it or not. > > installing the policy file to /etc/openvas enables the feature :-) > Removing it, disables it. > > Users can not decide about enabling, it is the administrator of the OpenVAS > installation (or the package maintainer of course) who can do so. > > Best > > Jan > > -- > Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner | ++49-541-335084-0 | http://www.greenbone.net/ > Greenbone Networks GmbH, Neuer Graben 17, 49074 Osnabrück | AG Osnabrück, HR > B 202460 > Geschäftsführer: Lukas Grunwald, Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner > _______________________________________________ > Openvas-discuss mailing list > Openvas-discuss@wald.intevation.org > https://lists.wald.intevation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss -- http://volatile-minds.blogspot.com -- blog http://www.volatileminds.net -- website _______________________________________________ Openvas-discuss mailing list Openvas-discuss@wald.intevation.org https://lists.wald.intevation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openvas-discuss
