Re: Restricted password useage

Steven L Umbach schrieb:
> Otherwise consider enforcing long passwords such as a minimum of 15
> characters and training your users to think pass phrases instead of
> passwords. For instance " I forget my stupid password " [...]

There is a good article about the discussion of using passwords
or passphrases, from Jesper M. Johansson.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/secnews/articles/itproviewpoint091004.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/secnews/articles/itproviewpoint100504.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/secmgmt/sm1204.mspx

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