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From: andie@aipna.ed.ac.uk (Andie Ness)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Password Choices
Message-ID: <57@aipna.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 27 Jul 88 12:09:23 GMT
References: <16562@brl-adm.ARPA> <653@sunspot.UUCP>
Reply-To: andie@uk.ac.ed.aipna.UUCP (Andie Ness,D17,279,3374943)
Organization: Dept. of AI, Edinburgh, UK
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In article <653@sunspot.UUCP> cmiller@sunspot.UUCP (Charlie Miller) writes:
>In article <16562@brl-adm.ARPA> JPLILER@simtel20.arpa (John R. Pliler) writes:
>>
>>Why not use a *random* password generator?
>>John Pliler
>
>Because you can generate your own password that has meaning to *you*
>and is easy for you to remember, but appears random.
>	-Charlie cmiller@sunspot.UUCP


And since the random numbers are only pseudo-random, they can be easily 
re-created. 
According to the Unix System Managers Manual, it could take as little as 
1 minute of CPU time to crack the system-generated passwords.

--Andie.
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