Improving password security

[Boyd Roberts]

In article <741 at quintus.UUCP> ok at quintus.UUCP (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes:
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>There is no reason why a password server could not be replicated.

So, we'll just re-invent YP, again!?!  No point doing something badly, when
you can get some other mindless jerk to do it _really_ badly.

On another issue, aren't the ``automated password'' camp completely off
the beam?  With that style of password choice there's no point in
cracking the _password_.  Attack would be focused on the password
_generator_ function.  Unless, of course, the generator algorithm is
at least equally difficult to crack.

Enough of this password discussion.


Boyd Roberts			NEC Information Systems Australia

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