Hi Christian! You wrote:
> I don't really understand the need for turning your comment this way, > which indeed doesn't make your point clear, whether you agree or > disagree with the idea of default enforcement of 8 characters length > for passwords. > > It seems you disagree, but don't really give a rationale for it except > "some other programs we have in Debian default to 6 chars". Am I right? And what's the rationale to change the minimum length to 8? It won't help security, as people who pick weak passwords now, will still pick weak, but longer, passwords. -- Kind regards, +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Bas Zoetekouw | GPG key: 0644fab7 | |----------------------------| Fingerprint: c1f5 f24c d514 3fec 8bf6 | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | a2b1 2bae e41f 0644 fab7 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]