[funsec] 1 in 3 workers write down passwords
Toralv_Dirro at McAfee.com
Toralv_Dirro at McAfee.com
Wed Oct 18 03:32:16 CDT 2006
>
> I think one of the major issues is: stupid passwords. I've
> spent time at places that have completely asinine password
> policies (must be 8 characters or longer, letters and numbers
> and at least 2 symbols, no spaces, no 2 characters within
> every 4 characters can be the same, etc.
... and the password must be changed every 30 days, of course none of
the last 8762 passwords used can be recycled
> I'm probably just rambling. But I really hate the common
> password policies.
You're not alone :)
cheers,
Toralv
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