RE: local admin account password

From: Frank Knobbe (frank_at_knobbe.us)
Date: 11/30/03

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    To: Tim Eddy <EDDYT@stgeorge.com.au>
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2003 02:24:46 -0600

    On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 15:23, Tim Eddy wrote:
    > if your password was 127 characters long, the admins would write it
    > down on bits of paper. If its easy enough for them to remember each
    > week, then it can be cracked within a week.

    Not necessarily. It is a common misconception that long passwords can
    not be remembered. Consider following password, which will probably take
    some time to brute force, but is easily remembered:

    thehillsarealivewiththesoundofmusicorsomethinglikethat

    (Special chars not included in this example for readability)

    It's easier to discuss this by using the word "pass phrase". :)

    Cheers,
    Frank

    PS: People always look strange at me when I enter my PGP password. They
    see me typing for quite a while and are astonished how I could remember
    such a long password. Well, it's a *sentence* that I can easily
    remember. :)

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