Re: Unchangeable passwords

From: erik (erik_at_geenspam.vanwesten.net)
Date: 10/04/03 

Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 21:00:38 +0200

Huge wrote:

> Volker Birk <bumens@dingens.org> writes:
>>Philip Juels <pjuels@rics.bwh.harvard.edu> wrote:
>>> Anyone have advice on the efficacy of assiging users randomly
>>> generated passwords and then preventing them from changing their
>>> password. A company I used to work for did this.
>>
>>Not a very good idea never changing a password. Passwords better
>>should be changed from time to time.
>
> Really? Why?

Because if I look over your shoulder I can start remembering your
difficult password bit by bit.

Start to read some books on security. Change your passwords. Maybe your
password can be cracked with a machine running 24/7 in 50 days. So
change it every 30 days.

EJ 

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