I like sentences. Things like "My car is a red Toyota." Easy for (l)users to remember, less chance of having it written down, harder for a brute force to crack. Even better is something like "My1car2is3a4red5Toyota." But that's asking a lot for a cube droid...
Yeah; I agree; there's strong and then there's STRONG. :-) I've gone so far as to set some people's passwords to an MS license key with a 1 mistake lockout and 12 hour reset when they've been really bad... *********************** Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org Kingman, AZ *********************** > -----Original Message----- > From: Carl Houseman [mailto:c.house...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 11:49 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Terminal Services question > > Your idea about "MS standards" for password strength, not > mine. There are > 3rd party tools that can properly require a strong password > while prohibiting certain words from being used. > > Carl ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~