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Date:      Fri, 3 Mar 2000 07:11:40 -0600 (CST)
From:      Gene Harris <zeus@tetronsoftware.com>
To:        Kuzak <kuzak@kuzak.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Password Length
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003030709300.18290-100000@tetron02.tetronsoftware.com>
In-Reply-To: <200003030819.e238Jjp32583@alpha.dgweb.com>

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On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Kuzak wrote:

>  Well don't forget that a password of length 8 that
>  is case sensitive and allows for special characters
>  offers something like ~73! permutations which is
>  damn near close to number of atoms estimated to
>  be in the universe.. It should be more than adiquate
>  to simply require your users to not use all one case
>  or just alphanumeric passwords.. just make them
>  include at least one special character..
>  	-Aric
>  ( My One Cent )
>  

And, just how do I _make_ them include one special character?  I am just now
learning about login in classes and I haven't seen anything about enforcing a
policy for password complexity?  Is there some sort of system setting?

Gene

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