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More about Passwords
Feb. 14th, 2006 11:08 amLest anyone think I am being a whiner, I'm going to wax on a bit more about the stupid password situation.
I just counted. I have AT LEAST 23 seperate accounts (this is just for work, only) that are required to each have a DIFFERENT password. Think about this. I am expected to keep track of 23 different "Strong Passwords" without writing them down.
As I mentioned last time, most of these passwords require at least 8 digits, captial and lower case letters, numbers, special characters, no characters that are next to each other on the keyboard (like asdf) OR consecutive (like abc or 123), no repeating characters, no 1337 (leet speak) abbreviations, no actual WORDS or parts of words, and the passwords must begin and end with a letter.
HOWEVER!
Some of these passwords can ONLY be alpha-numeric, and do not allow "special characters", but still need to be "strong." And others yet can ONLY be numeric! And some can only be 4-6 characters, although most still have to be a minimum of 8 characters.
Let me repeat - I have AT LEAST 23 accounts to keep track of with all this. Possibly more that I've forgotten about. Tell me this is realistic. Just try. You're wrong.
I just counted. I have AT LEAST 23 seperate accounts (this is just for work, only) that are required to each have a DIFFERENT password. Think about this. I am expected to keep track of 23 different "Strong Passwords" without writing them down.
As I mentioned last time, most of these passwords require at least 8 digits, captial and lower case letters, numbers, special characters, no characters that are next to each other on the keyboard (like asdf) OR consecutive (like abc or 123), no repeating characters, no 1337 (leet speak) abbreviations, no actual WORDS or parts of words, and the passwords must begin and end with a letter.
HOWEVER!
Some of these passwords can ONLY be alpha-numeric, and do not allow "special characters", but still need to be "strong." And others yet can ONLY be numeric! And some can only be 4-6 characters, although most still have to be a minimum of 8 characters.
Let me repeat - I have AT LEAST 23 accounts to keep track of with all this. Possibly more that I've forgotten about. Tell me this is realistic. Just try. You're wrong.
