Re: Minimum password requirements

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2004-07-22 dmargoli () stwing org wrote:
> Steve wrote:
>
> > We can discuss/argue all day long, but if you don't age passwords
> > then you will fail almost any IT portion of an audit from an
> > independent auditing organization.
>
> Fair enough, but that doesn't really explain *why* it makes sense (or
> even if it does).

In my reply to Robert's mail I had mentioned one reason: to limit the
time a cracked/leaked password can be used by an attacker.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
-- 
"Those who would give up liberty for a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety, and will lose both."
--Benjamin Franklin

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