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From: RAND@merrimack.EDU ("Rand P. Hall")
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: RE: Thoughts On Password Monitoring, And Re-Use Of Old Passwords...
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Date: 12 Jul 88 12:55:00 GMT
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The best advice I can give people on the subject of changing passwords
came from Steve Tihor. Just tell your users that their password
doesn't have to be one word. I've found people to respond very
positively to this. 'IHATEMYWIFE' is much easier to type and remember
than 'GIGANTESQUE'. It's also much easier to enforce longer passwords.

Rand P. Hall                         rand@merrimack.edu (csnet)
Director, Academic Computing         508.683.7111
Merrimack College
315 Turnpike Rd.                     "There is elegance in simplicity."
North Andover, Mass. 01845                      - Kimball S. Maddocks