* From: Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> * Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:14:41 +0000 > OP sits tight and does not expand on what he wants to defend against.
To the best of my understanding a password is used to allow legitimate access and prevent illegitimate access. More details in these pages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch04.en.html#_good_password > ... what he wants to defend against. Illegitimate access. See above. > ... furore ... Might be some confusion. Not sure it's furore. * From: Reco <recovery...@enotuniq.net> * Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:22:58 +0300 > So, 6 characters is somewhat low (that GPU is outdated by today's > standards). 8 characters seem ok. Good. Thanks Reco. I'll keep the present 8 characters and not start shifting to 9 or 10. Regards, ... Peter E. -- Message composed and transmitted by software designed to avoid the complication, overhead and vulnerability of antivirus software. 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 Tel: +1 360 639 0202 +1 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html Bcc: peter at easthope. ca