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Frequency of password change
From: Gene Spafford <spaf () CERIAS PURDUE EDU>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 15:49:03 -0500
I know this has been a topic here before, but I failed to archive the info. Does anyone have references to any good studies that show that changing passwords once a month (or every 8 weeks, etc) is too FREQUENT and leads to more cases of people forgetting passwords, picking trivial passwords, writing them down, etc. Thanks,
Current thread:
- Frequency of password change Gene Spafford (Aug 22)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Frequency of password change Brian Wheeler (Aug 22)
- Re: Frequency of password change Penn, Blake (Aug 22)
- Re: Frequency of password change Gene Spafford (Aug 22)
- Re: Frequency of password change Gary Flynn (Aug 23)
- Re: Frequency of password change Melissa Guenther (Aug 23)