[Sigia-l] Password usability

[Skot Nelson]

On Dec-10-2010, at 12:04 , Andrew Boyd wrote:

> I'd be
> spinning this one around and asking your IT security colleague to
> supply some research. So many organisations get into trouble because
> of baseless IT security voodoo - 

While this is true, starting a he said she said argument usually doesn't get you very far.

Jayson's original point about the difference between *allowing* characters and *requiring* characters is really quite reasonable.
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