Re: Security by hiding patch cables

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 11:02:11 CST, Gary Warner said:

> Now most passwords fall in a couple hours with traditional cracking
> tools and in a couple minutes with Rainbow Table based tools.  But we
> still change our 8 character alphanumeric passwords every 30 days, even
> though we no longer remember why, rather than requiring a 15 char
> mixed-case upper/lower/numeric/symbol password.

Cargo-cult security, a close relative of cargo-cult programming....

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