[geeks] Mandatory password changes

[Bill Bradford]

On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 04:04:48PM -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Oy gevalt.  Not being allowed to have any unchanged character from your
> previous password must make it a pain in the ass coming up with
> passwords you have any hope of remembering.  At that rate you almost
> might as well just start md5summing random files to generate passwords
> ... at which point EVERYONE will HAVE to write their passwords down.

It may be "not more than 3 characters can be the same"; something like
that.  I don't have the exact policy here in front of me to look at...

Bill

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Bill Bradford 
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