A appreciate your opinion, but I disagree. Thank you, Brett A Mansfield
> On Oct 26, 2017, at 6:58 AM, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: > > 8 characters is never enough. > > The size of your organization is irrelevant. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > > Midwest Internet Exchange > > The Brothers WISP > > > > > From: "Brett A Mansfield" <li...@silverlakeinternet.com> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 7:56:46 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Sonar password requirements too strict? > > I don’t like password managers. They make logging into things take forever. > Also, I haven’t found one for Mac that I like. > > I was first talking about my password when setting it up. It doesn’t matter > if it is customer facing or my admin password, I should be able to choose my > level of security. An 8 character password is secure enough for me and my > small organization. > > But customer passwords certainly need to be easier and more relaxed. > > Thank you, > Brett A Mansfield > > On Oct 26, 2017, at 1:28 AM, Ryan Ray <ryan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I just realized you were talking about customer facing passwords, which > absolutely should be somewhat easy as people seem to be pretty blase' about > their password security, but anyone with a lick of tech knowledge should be > using a password manager with a random long password for every site. I use > 1password which has apps for Windows, osx, ios, android and browser > extensions. Then every password is as long as the site will let me with > random characters. > >> On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 6:13 PM, Brett A Mansfield >> <li...@silverlakeinternet.com> wrote: >> Oh no, admin password should be very strong. But I am just barely playing >> with this for the first time and I didn’t know they made it so you can >> change the requirements. I’m quite impressed with sonar so far. It looks >> like it will take a very long time to setup because of how many features >> there are. >> >> Thank you, >> Brett A Mansfield >> >> On Oct 25, 2017, at 7:03 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: >> >> Oh, for the customers. That is a different kettle of pickles. I agree, >> customer passwords can be less secure in my opinion. >> I thought you were talking about your admin password. >> >> From: Brett A Mansfield >> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 6:50 PM >> To: af@afmug.com >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Sonar password requirements too strict? >> >> I can tell already that it will be a serious challenge. I have a lot of >> customers that will be calling me just to complain that they cannot get into >> their account because the password requirements are too strict and they >> forgot their password again. >> >> Should I not be able to choose my own password requirements? >> >> Thank you, >> Brett A Mansfield >> >> On Oct 25, 2017, at 6:37 PM, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: >> >> Absolutely not. >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> >> Midwest Internet Exchange >> >> The Brothers WISP >> >> >> >> >> From: "Brett A Mansfield" <li...@silverlakeinternet.com> >> To: af@afmug.com >> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 7:32:07 PM >> Subject: [AFMUG] Sonar password requirements too strict? >> >> Anyone here that uses sonar find the password requirements to be too strict? >> 12 character requirement. >> >> When it comes to passwords, I should get to choose any password I want when >> I’m paying someone for a service. I have the same issue with Apples new >> stuff. >> >> I just spun up a new instance of sonar to try it out. I haven’t even passed >> the password change screen yet and I think I’ve already decided to cancel. >> >> Thank you, >> Brett A Mansfield >> > >
