On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 00:46 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > Should include at least one "special" character. When telling someone that, you really need to define what you mean by "special". I know the next bit goes somewhat towards that, but it's still a bit too vague. You can also get people trying to use characters that can't be used with some password systems. It would really help if password systems would accept any character that you can type on the keyboard. > Should not include non-graphic characters (like CR, LF, CTRL-A). > Should be at least 6 and preferably over 8 characters long. > Should be "rememberable". > Should *not* be written down anywhere. The last two being a key problem. By now, I've amassed about a dozen passwords that I just cannot remember. Even if I wanted to make memorable passwords, too many systems are so limited that you can't easily do it (e.g. passwords are too short, etc.). Then there's the problem of remembering which password belongs to what account. Writing them down, or writing down the reminder trick, becomes the only way to do so. -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
