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From: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff)
Newsgroups: sci.crypt,comp.unix.wizards,news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: password security
Message-ID: <5005@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Date: 21 Dec 88 14:08:25 GMT
References: <11013@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com> <2308@cuuxb.ATT.COM> <4420@xenna.Encore.COM> <259@gloom.UUCP>
Reply-To: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff)
Organization: Branch Technology Ann Arbor, MI
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The simple solution seems to be to force users to use some non alpha
character somewhere in the middle of their passwords.  Users then tend 
to use a combination of two words which prevents the dictionary search.


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