Hi,
On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 01:04:54PM -0700, randy wrote:
> I am having a problem when logging in and after the screen locks and I have
> to enter the password to unlock, I can't tell how many characters I have
> typed or if I mistype I can't tell how many times to hit the backspace key.
> My system is set up to lock after 3 failed login attempts. Other people use
> the system so it is being locked out alot. Is there any way to tell the
> system to echo your keystrokes when entering the password at either place.
> Thanks for any info.
>
I'm percieving not typing "*" when doing keystrokes while typing
passwords in any environment as another level (although very
thin) of securing my account. Information about the amount of
characters in password might be simply useful for cracker, since
it trims significantly the set of possible passwords. Ok, there
are other ways how to get to this information, but staying
behind you and wathing your screen seems to me as the easiest
one. Just think about it if it makes sence for you.
And generally to your question - best practise: simply start
typing the password once again, right after you get to beginning
via "backspace" key.
And to the best practise - Ctrl+U implementation would be
helpfull.
/j.
