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From: diamond@jit345.swstokyo.dec.com (Norman Diamond)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: (In)security of passwords
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Date: 8 Apr 91 03:24:05 GMT
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In article <9336@rsiatl.Dixie.Com> meo@Dixie.Com (Miles ONeal) writes:

>p0tpurr1 (potpurri) - good password for a macho man

You don't even need a digit for that one.  Indeed, the use of misspellings
is a good idea.  (But then crackers will start using their dictionaries of
frequent misspellings....)
--
Norman Diamond       diamond@tkov50.enet.dec.com
If this were the company's opinion, I wouldn't be allowed to post it.