Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!mit-eddi!mit-vax!eagle!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!eric@cit-vax From: eric%cit-vax@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: passworrd security Message-ID: <2276@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Jun-83 17:08:33 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2276 Posted: Fri Jun 17 17:08:33 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Jun-83 17:25:14 EDT Lines: 9 Our passwd(1) refuses passwords less than 6 characters, or all numbers, or related to the account name, or the real name, or words in the SPELL online dictionary. This seems to be about the practical limit. It makes changing the password pretty slow (dictionary search), but how often is it done anyway. - Eric Holstege (eric@cit-vax) (eric@cit-20) (...!ucbvax!cithep!citcsv!eric)