8?<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/21/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tom Pohl</b> <<a href="mailto:tom@tcpconsulting.com">tom@tcpconsulting.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
And then 8 hours later, your password expires :)<br><br>-Tom<br><br>On Aug 21, 2007, at 8:46 AM, Matthew Nuzum wrote:<br><br>> So it looks like someone at Microsoft takes security seriously by<br>> enforcing strong passwords:
<br>> <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B276304&x=16&y=20">http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B276304&x=16&y=20</a><br>><br>> Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and
<br>> Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords<br>><br>> ...<br>><br>> APPLIES TO<br>> • Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1<br>> • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server<br>> • Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
<br>><br>><br>> Wow, I sound like a sissy after complaining yesterday about having to<br>> type my password so many times. I think with a password complying with<br>> the above policy it'd take me all morning to log in. Can you imagine
<br>> seeing the post-it note stuck to the side of the monitor of someone<br>> with one of those passwords?<br>><br>> --<br>> Matthew Nuzum<br>> newz2000 on freenode<br>> _______________________________________________
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