Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:8092 comp.misc:2767 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!ll-xn!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!uw-june!uw-entropy!dataio!pilchuck!ssc!markz 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 Lines: 13 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 Mark Zenier uunet!pilchuck!ssc!markz