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Article #417Re: TechTips: dealing with =really sensitive= data ...
From: J French
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 00:00
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 00:00
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On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 19:34:26 GMT, softal@redestb.es (Pierre Gemis) wrote: >On Fri, 17 Nov 2000 03:58:28 +0100, "Bj�rge S�ther" ><REMOVE_bsaether@THIS_online.no> wrote: > >Set a time limit for password validity, so the user is forced to >change it. And when doing so, prevent him from changing to the same >password again. Even better, keep a list of, say, the last 10 >passwords used and prevent any of these to become the current >password. Also, require a minimum password length. >Not foolproof, but may help a lot... Hmm, I had to do this once, it created havoc as the users 'forgot' their new passwords, Although it gives me an idea - for Online applications the idea of a second (hidden) password from a list is rather interesting.
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