Re[2]: Suggested "safe" password length

[Vishal <dhrakol () myrealbox com>]

Hi Simon

Monday, November 17, 2003, 5:36:24 AM, you wrote:


SG> Exactly true, this is why we don't use passwords we use peoples mobile
SG> phone's instead as a kind of token.

Interesting. Would you mind elaborating a little on this? I presume you don't
use people's mobile phone numbers as tokens, since they are often widely
known. Or, if you do, then you couple it with some other form of
authentication?

Cheers,

-Vishal 


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