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From: markz@ssc.UUCP (Mark Zenier)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Password choices
Summary: Hackers Guide to Computer Security
Keywords: passwords
Message-ID: <1327@ssc.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jul 88 18:14:53 GMT
References: <4387@ptsfa.PacBell.COM>
Organization: SSC, Inc., Seattle, WA
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In article <4387@ptsfa.PacBell.COM>, jmc@ptsfa.PacBell.COM (Jerry Carlin) writes:
> Somewhere I remember hearing or reading that someone did a study
> about typical (bad) password choices and/or what consituted good
> password choices. Can anyone give me references? Thanks in advance.

It's not a study, but has a good descrition of password pitfalls.

Out of the Inner Circle
Bill Landreth
1985, Microsoft Press
ISBN 0-914845-36-5


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