Re: Passwords

2001-01-29 Thread Michael Stevens
On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 02:55:08PM -, Robert Shiels wrote: > > Not that I necessarily agree with what this says, it's definately > interesting > > and worth thinking about: > > Security and Human Factors > > http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20001126.html > Basically a lot of password restrictions

Re: Passwords

2001-01-29 Thread Robert Shiels
> > My question is, Why is automatic password expiry a good idea? > > It's a pain, and encourages bad password management. I'll probably log onto > > each system every 60 days and set them all to the same one. > > Not that I necessarily agree with what this says, it's definately interesting > and

Re: Passwords

2001-01-29 Thread Michael Stevens
On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 02:30:07PM -, Robert Shiels wrote: > I just wanted to ask a brief question about passwords. > I have access to about 10 SAP systems in my work at the moment, and all of > them require a password, and these passwords all expire after 60 days. This > wi

Passwords

2001-01-29 Thread Robert Shiels
I just wanted to ask a brief question about passwords. I have access to about 10 SAP systems in my work at the moment, and all of them require a password, and these passwords all expire after 60 days. This will happen at random times depending on when I actually try to logon. So I have the