Re: User ID policies

From: Alun Jones (alun@texis.com)
Date: 09/27/02 

From: alun@texis.com (Alun Jones)
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 02:31:38 GMT

In article <uCZIyibZCHA.1384@tkmsftngp12>, "Matthew Jenove"
<mjenove@hotmail.com> wrote:
>"Mark Landin" wrote:
>> Are there some generally accepted "best
>> practices" when it comes to defining a user id scheme as it relates to
>> security?
>
>I like to use:
><firstname><middle initial><lastname><mothersmaidenname><SS#>
>
>makes for unwieldy email addresses, but they never get spammed...

I do hope that was a joke.

With that information, you could get a credit card in someone else's name!

Alun.
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