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Re: AD and enforced password policies
From: Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 00:05:00 +0000
On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 22:32, Jimmy Hess <mysidia () gmail com> wrote: ....
The sole root cause for "easily guessable passwords" is not lack of technical restrictions. It's also: lazy or limited memory humans who need passwords that they can remember. Firstname1234! is very easy to guess, and meets complexity and usual length requirements.
Obligatory xkcd reference: http://xkcd.com/936/ Gary
Current thread:
- Re: AD and enforced password policies, (continued)
- Re: AD and enforced password policies Måns Nilsson (Jan 03)
- Re: AD and enforced password policies Tim Franklin (Jan 03)
- Re: AD and enforced password policies Måns Nilsson (Jan 04)
- Re: AD and enforced password policies Randy Bush (Jan 03)
- Re: AD and enforced password policies Todd Underwood (Jan 03)
- Re: AD and enforced password policies Steven Bellovin (Jan 03)
- RE: AD and enforced password policies Jones, Barry (Jan 05)
- Re: AD and enforced password policies Gary Buhrmaster (Jan 03)
- Re: AD and enforced password policies Jimmy Hess (Jan 03)
- Re: AD and enforced password policies Måns Nilsson (Jan 04)
- Re: AD and enforced password policies Steven Bellovin (Jan 02)
- Re: AD and enforced password policies Lyndon Nerenberg (Jan 02)
- Re: AD and enforced password policies Steven Bellovin (Jan 02)
- Re: AD and enforced password policies Jimmy Hess (Jan 02)