Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:8074 comp.misc:2758 sci.crypt:1160 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!lvc From: lvc@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Lawrence V. Cipriani) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.misc,sci.crypt Subject: Re: Password choices Summary: password aging aggravates matters Keywords: passwords Message-ID: <17207@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 8 Jul 88 00:44:58 GMT References: <4387@ptsfa.PacBell.COM> <17529@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> Organization: Ohio State Computer & Info Science Lines: 11 Choosing good passwords is also aggravated by password aging. The problem is that the user is suddenly told to choose a new password immediately. A local program (which I can't share but someone out there could write easily) gives you a reminder when you login if your password is going to expire within a week. This gives you plenty of time to cook up a good password. -- Larry Cipriani, AT&T Network Systems and Ohio State University Domain: lvc@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Path: ...!cbosgd!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!lvc (strange but true)