Well, my memory tends to suck, so I can't say I normally use passwords that long. Plus, I do a good bit of work with NT systems and the old rule applies to use either 7 or 14 character passwords on those machines. Regards, Dustin <p><p>Jerald Sheets wrote: <em>> Really! <em>> <em>> I'm almost always 10+ characters nowadays. <em>> <em>> --Jerald <em>> <em>> <em>> On 24 Jul 2001 12:55:04 -0500, Dustin Puryear wrote: <em>> <em>>>who in the world is using 2-character or less passwords? <em>>> <em>>>john beamon wrote: <em>>> <em>>> <em>>>>I blew a gut when I read this. <em>>>> <em>>>>http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/20594.html <em>>>>"SSH Hits The Fan For Unix Admins" <em>>>> <em>>>>Apparently, there's a "gaping security hole" in SSH whereby passwords of <em>>>>two or fewer characters can be very easily compromised. Well then, guess <em>>>>I need to go change all my rewt paswerds before I get 0WN3D by some 'leet <em>>>>cracker. <em>>>> <em>>>>Also, OpenSSH does not appear to be affected with this vulnerability. Go <em>>>>figger. <em>>>> <em>>>> <em>>>> <em>>> <em>>>-- <em>>>Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <em>>>http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear <em>>>In the beginning the Universe was created. <em>>>This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams <em>>> <em>>>================================================ <em>>>BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group <em>>>Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. <em>>>Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change <em>>>your subscription information. <em>>>================================================ <em>>> <em>> <em>> <em>> ================================================ <em>> BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group <em>> Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. <em>> Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change <em>> your subscription information. <em>> ================================================ <em>> <em>> . <em>> <em>> <p> -- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear In the beginning the Universe was created. This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
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