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Re: closing unwanted ports - and what is 1720/tcp filtered H.323/Q.931



On Thursday 15 December 2005 23.54, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> given the choice between having your users use weak but easy to remember
> passwords and having them use complex passwords that they have to write
> down,

My experience suggests that users use weak passwords *and* need to write 
them down. :-( (This can be construed as an argument that encryption is not 
necessary: if the passwords are easily guessable anyway...)

Including an 'official' note with all passwords hanging at the whiteboard in 
one small company (ca. 5 people)..

-- vbi

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