[Cialug] secure passwords

[Daniel A. Ramaley]

I took the "it occurs only when you configure Windows 2000 to 
authenticate against an MIT Kerberos domain" to mean that any 
organization using MIT Kerberos for Windows 2000 authentication would 
have the issue, not just MIT. I think the other major free kerberos 
implementation besides MIT's is called Heimdal.

On Tuesday 21 August 2007 09:29, Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
>So, can I infer from the MS knowledge base article that MS fixed
>something that applies specifically to a configuration used
> exclusively by MIT?
>
>On Tue, 2007-08-21 at 08:46 -0500, Matthew Nuzum wrote:
>> So it looks like someone at Microsoft takes security seriously by
>> enforcing strong passwords:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B276304&x=16&y=20
>>
>> Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and
>> Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords
>>
>> ...
>>
>> APPLIES TO
>> •	Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
>> •	Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
>> •	Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 1
>>
>>
>> Wow, I sound like a sissy after complaining yesterday about having
>> to type my password so many times. I think with a password complying
>> with the above policy it'd take me all morning to log in. Can you
>> imagine seeing the post-it note stuck to the side of the monitor of
>> someone with one of those passwords?
>
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