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		<title>A Wee Bit Anal Over Strong Passwords?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2005 22:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Myers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'd just like to say that as a sysadmin, I'm all for strong passwords and enforcement thereof, but this is a guaranteed way to have your users use sticky notes cheat-sheets:

* The password must contain at least one (1) UPPER CASE letter.
* The password must contain at least one (1) LOWER CASE letter.
* The password must contain at least one (1) numeric digit: (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9).
* The password cannot contain any four (4) consecutive characters of your username
* The password must be at least eight (8) characters long.
* The password cannot be changed to any of your three (3) previous passwords.
* The minimum user-defined password life is one (1) day.
* The password cannot contain any dictionary word greater than or equal to four (4) characters.
* The password will expire annually.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;d just like to say that as a sysadmin, I&#8217;m all for strong passwords and enforcement thereof, but this is a guaranteed way to have your users use sticky notes cheat-sheets:</p>
<p>* The password must contain at least one (1) UPPER CASE letter.<br />
* The password must contain at least one (1) LOWER CASE letter.<br />
* The password must contain at least one (1) numeric digit: (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9).<br />
* The password cannot contain any four (4) consecutive characters of your username<br />
* The password must be at least eight (8) characters long.<br />
* The password cannot be changed to any of your three (3) previous passwords.<br />
* The minimum user-defined password life is one (1) day.<br />
* The password cannot contain any dictionary word greater than or equal to four (4) characters.<br />
* The password will expire annually.</p>
<p>&#8230;the requirements for a registration system I came across today. Yoi!</p>


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