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Article #464Re: Crypt should be based on MD5 (was: the Crypt 16 discussion)
From: Michael Nelson
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 20:37
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 20:37
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In <62451@cup.portal.com> ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith) writes: >Has anyone shown that forcing users to change passwords every so often >actually makes things more secure? Isn't frequent changing of passwords >just going to make it more likely that users will write down the passwords >somewhere? I have a real example of how changing the password very month can lower security. I have a friend that has to change the password every month, and can't reuse passwords. His solution was simple. 91Jan 91Mar 91Apr and so on. >--Tim Smith
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ogicse!orstcs!leela!nelsonm From: nelsonm@leela.cs.orst.edu (Michael Nelson) Newsgroups: sci.crypt,comp.security.misc Subject: Re: Crypt should be based on MD5 (was: the Crypt 16 discussion) Message-ID: <1992Jul22.203746.10010@leela.cs.orst.edu> Date: 22 Jul 92 20:37:46 GMT Article-I.D.: leela.1992Jul22.203746.10010 References: <2a510a22@babyoil.ftp.com> <709960260@romeo.cs.duke.edu> <PMETZGER.92Jul8120712@snark.shearson.com> <21106@rpp386.lonestar.org> <1992Jul9.035150.3220@qiclab.scn.rain.com> <62451@cup.portal.com> Distribution: usa Organization: Computer Science Outreach Services - Oregon State University Lines: 16