Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:8061 comp.misc:2749 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!ucsd!ucsdhub!esosun!seismo!uunet!sco!brianm From: brianm@sco.COM (Brian Moffet) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.misc Subject: Re: Password choices Message-ID: <642@viscous> Date: 8 Jul 88 15:51:12 GMT References: <1339@daisy.UUCP> <377@mfgfoc.UUCP> Reply-To: brianm@sco.COM (Brian Moffet) Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. Lines: 13 In article <377@mfgfoc.UUCP> exodus@mfgfoc.UUCP (Greg Onufer) writes: > >Please: DO NOT USE WORDS FOUND IN THE UNIX SYSTEM DICTIONARY. FOR THAT Actually, you can use words in the dictionary, as long as you mistype them. I have yet to see a password cracker look for the word foobar when it is typed fppnar (right hand off by 1 key). -- Brian Moffet brianm@sco.com {uunet,decvax!microsof}!sco!brianm The opinions expressed are not quite clear and have no relation to my employer. 'Evil Geniuses for a Better Tommorrow!'