On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 08:32, JOE Conner  wrote:

> ONE CAVIAT: The password must have a minimum of at least five characters.
>  More is fine, less will fail.
> Go figure!

The idea is that one will use a "strong password".  At 5 characters,
there is a very slim chance that the password is strong enough to not
be broken, by "casual means and methods".

My calculator bombed out, in trying to determine the number of
possible passwords.  :(
2.93873588 × 10(sup)89 is too low by several orders of magnitude.

xan

jonathon
-- 
OOo can not correct for incompetence in creating documents from MSO.
Furthermore,OOo can not compensate for the defective and flawed
security measures used by Microsoft. As such, before using this product
for exams that require faulty and defective software, ensure that you
will not be unjustly penalized for the incompetence of the organization
that requires the use of software that is known to be flawed,
defective, bug-ridden, and fails to meet ISO file format standards.

Reply via email to