Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Passwords. You know when you have rules such as these;
  • Passwords are not case specific
  • Minimum Length = 8, Maximum Length = 20
  • Minimum of 2 numeric characters
  • No more than 3 of the same character
  • Not the same as your Login Id or Name
  • No obvious passwords
  • Not the same as one you have used within the past 12 changes
  • It shouldn't contain 3 concurrent keys on the keyboard
    e.g. "QWE", however there are exceptions e.g. "RTY"
  • Passwords have a maximum validity of 90 days
It is just about impossible to create a password that is memorable - actually its' proving problematic just creating a password - this will merely result in it being written down somewhere. Which means almost the whole point of having a password is redundanct. Developers should really think about the human aspect of such things when they create such awkward rules.

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