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[nycphp-talk] password strength enforcement

Allen Shaw ashaw at iifwp.org
Sun Apr 11 15:27:16 EDT 2004


Idea was just to prevent passwords like "mouse98" which -- I've read -- are
easily cracked: dictionary words with a number added at the beginning or
end.  Honestly, I'm curious to hear how effective or lame you think such a
requirement might be, since I'm pretty new to the topic.

- Allen

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Convissor" <danielc at analysisandsolutions.com>
To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk at lists.nyphp.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] password strength enforcement


> On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 01:29:08PM -0400, Allen Shaw wrote:
> >
> > ·        Must not begin or end with a number
>
> Why?
>
> --Dan
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