Re: password complexity ?????

From: Herb Martin (news_at_LearnQuick.com)
Date: 08/01/03 

Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:05:49 -0500

Saw a demo the other day -- password, nearly total
random Lower and Uppercase letters and Numbers
but no special characters, 14 characters long.

How long do you think it took to crack it?

New method.

Pretty quick actually.
Thirty seconds.

"Vincent Haakmat [393242]" <vhaakmat@nagico.com> wrote in message
news:ebGyk59VDHA.2316@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I am trying to find out how I can disable the password complexity
> requirement for my domain. I checked all the settings in my Default Domain
> GPO (wich
> is set not to be overridden..(Computer Settings-Windows Settings-Security
> Settings- Account Policies- Password Policy - "Password must meet
complexity
> requirements...Disabled).
>
> Please can any1 point out where else there might be a setting that
overrides
> it?
> This is my only GPO that sets this, all the other GPOs I have are software
> installs and IE access settings
>
> Vincent
>
>
>

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