RE: Password creating Theories

From: Andrew Williams (Andrew_at_Syngress.com)
Date: 11/15/05

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To: "Saqib Ali" <docbook.xml@gmail.com>

    When I first started discussing the book with the author (Mark Burnett),
    I thought a whole book on the topic seemed a bit much as well. But, the
    more I saw of Mark's manuscript, the more intrigued/interested I became
    in the idea.

    The book is relatively short, 200 pages total. So, we realized this
    couldn't be a door stop. The book is for both sys admins/infosec pros as
    well as users. One of the book's primary goals is to provide admins w/
    strategies and polices they can convey to their users so that users will
    consistently create strong passwords that they can actually remember as
    well.

    It is also kind of a fun read with interesting facts, stats, etc.; like
    the 500 worst passwords of all time, etc.

    Best,
    A

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Saqib Ali [mailto:docbook.xml@gmail.com]
    > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 4:18 PM
    > To: Andrew Williams
    > Cc: Jennifer Fountain; security-basics@securityfocus.com
    > Subject: Re: Password creating Theories
    >
    > having a whole book dedicated to Password building seems an
    > overkill....
    >
    > who will be the target audience?
    >
    > On 11/15/05, Andrew Williams <Andrew@syngress.com> wrote:
    > > We're actually about to publish a book on ideas/strategies for
    > > building passwords and password policies. We have a sample chapter
    > > available on
    >
    > In Peace,
    > Saqib Ali
    > http://www.xml-dev.com/blog/
    > Consensus is good, but informed dictatorship is better.
    >

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