Mike Miller: > When we use passwords online, we don't really know how much of the string > is being used. If the system is truncating at 8 characters, we are > putting ourselves in danger if we use pass-phrases, especially if the > first 8 characters is a common word. For this reason, I like to use > something a little tricky in the first 8 characters -- front-load your > password. If you are going to use weird characters, it is better to have > them at the beginning than at the end. I haven't read all of this thread but there's a lecture at the U coming up that is related to this. The title is: *Cryptography: Secrets and Lies, Knowledge and Trust*. http://www.ima.umn.edu/public-lecture/ -- Brian Wood Ebenezer Enterprises http://webEbenezer.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20111025/7e093454/attachment.html>