Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!cca!z From: z@cca.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: a thought about UNIX login security Message-ID: <4892@cca.UUCP> Date: Thu, 16-Jun-83 14:48:27 EDT Article-I.D.: cca.4892 Posted: Thu Jun 16 14:48:27 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Jun-83 00:09:32 EDT Lines: 8 Since some people will always pick passwords that are easy to guess, and since a system is only as strong as its weakest password, one obvious solution is to make the password program more restrictive. Here at CCA, all passwords must be at least five characters, and at least one character must be nonalphabetic. Passwords which are all numeric are not allowed, either. Steve Zimmerman