Re: Password policy.
* From: Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>
* Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:14:41 +0000
> OP sits tight and does not expand on what he wants to defend against.
To the best of my understanding a password is used to allow legitimate
access and prevent illegitimate access. More details in these pages.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch04.en.html#_good_password
> ... what he wants to defend against.
Illegitimate access. See above.
> ... furore ...
Might be some confusion. Not sure it's furore.
* From: Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net>
* Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2018 20:22:58 +0300
> So, 6 characters is somewhat low (that GPU is outdated by today's
> standards). 8 characters seem ok.
Good. Thanks Reco. I'll keep the present 8 characters and not start
shifting to 9 or 10.
Regards, ... Peter E.
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