I am very good at long "passwords", and so is anyone that can type using correct punctuation. The biggest hindrance to long password use are systems that limit the length of the password.
Examples of complex long passwords include: I would like a beer from the refrigerator. Now. Why don't you close the door ALL the way? You're not wearing that outside, are you? The person watching me can't believe how long this password is. And when it's time to change the long password: I would REALLY like a beer from the refrigerator. Now! Why don't you close the door ALL the way next time? You're not wearing that outside, are you? Seriously? The person watching me really can't believe how long this password is. Etc... I love how big people eyes get when they see my tying in my 27 character Windows password, I HATE the systems that limit me to 15 or less. Dave From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 1:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: please don't change your password! Sounds like someone trying to generate reader interest and FUD. A quick search seems he likes controversial subjects/items. Since passwords are the defacto standard for most Internet sites for protection of customers. I see no reason for someone to keep the same password for ever. Unless you are good at generating very long complex passwords. Jon On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Brian Clark <brianclark2...@googlemail.com<mailto:brianclark2...@googlemail.com>> wrote: After a long week doing a SBS migration I didn't know how to take this article and needed to share it!! http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/04/11/please_do_not_change_your_password/?page=1 Brian ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
