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Weak Passwords suck

Until about 4 years ago my organization had no restrictions on passwords. Our students got their birthdays or their phone numbers as passwords and our staff could choose whatever they wanted. Most common staff password was 1234. Well after years of security breaches and administration wondering why (despite being told why)finally got it so we can use some security and now our students get a randomly generated password by the Student Information system and Teachers and Tech staff can look those up and Staff have to meet requirements like having at least 1 capital and number in a password that is 7 characters long and it cannot be consecutive numbers or be part of your name or username and some other easy to guess things. Its not perfect but a hell of a lot better than it was. The funny thing is when they go to use that same password on an online service or something that will have an indication on how strong your password is I get questions on why they are being told their password is weak or medium rated. I am sure most just choose their Dogs name and put a number after it or something.

Posted by: bobiroc   Posted on: 10/06/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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