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| Subject: | Re: suggesting passwds to users |
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| Date: | Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:37:55 -0500 |
What I see here is user reality. Random data has two very strong properties; 1. it is random 2. nobody can remember it. So, by giving an user random passwords, you now incur the risk of the user writing the new, improved, passowrd on a post-it, and sticking it on a safe and easy to reach place. End result: you are now more vulnerable... On 4/19/05, Matt Fisher <mfisher@spidynamics.com> wrote:
The first thing I think of in this scenario is what "random" means. I don't know that much about rand generators, but I do know that some have been flawed, and presented not-so-random numbers.
-- ..hggdh..
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