password policies

Trouble with passwords no more!

Submitted by Kai on Fri, 2008-11-21 22:45.
Password chart is a free tool to create passwords.

It is claimed to be secure, as no information is moving over the Internet. At least, it is an easy way to create a secure(rer) password.

1. Enter a phrase - a sentence you remember. This will create the chart.
2. Enter a password, and it will generate your new password using the chart.

Voila!


Microsoft Password Policies

Submitted by Kai on Tue, 2007-12-11 09:00.

Just came about this KB at Microsoft.

Excerpt:

Your password must be at least 18770 characters and cannot repeat any of your previous 30689 passwords.

This no longer is an issue, after the Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

Let's just conclude that this must have been a pretty secure password policy! What a brute forcer would have been required to break this password?

The biggest risk here would be to remember the password, the second biggest would be to type it correctly! Perhaps this is one of those times you really wished you had one of those password-saving smart-cards?

And with regards to the part that you are not to repeat the last 30 689 passwords? My bet is that there is easier to get the full Lotto payout than to be able to come up with the same 18 770 character password twice (or 30 689 times).

Only too bad Microsoft decided to remove this security from their Windows 2000 server with the Service Pack 3!

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