RE: Password creating Theories

["Andrew Williams" <Andrew () Syngress com>]

When I first started discussing the book with the author (Mark Burnett),
I thought a whole book on the topic seemed a bit much as well. But, the
more I saw of Mark's manuscript, the more intrigued/interested I became
in the idea. 

The book is relatively short, 200 pages total. So, we realized this
couldn't be a door stop. The book is for both sys admins/infosec pros as
well as users. One of the book's primary goals is to provide admins w/
strategies and polices they can convey to their users so that users will
consistently create strong passwords that they can actually remember as
well. 

It is also kind of a fun read with interesting facts, stats, etc.; like
the 500 worst passwords of all time, etc.

Best,
A

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Saqib Ali [mailto:docbook.xml () gmail com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 4:18 PM
> To: Andrew Williams
> Cc: Jennifer Fountain; security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: Password creating Theories
>
> having a whole book dedicated to Password building seems an 
> overkill....
>
> who will be the target audience?
>
> On 11/15/05, Andrew Williams <Andrew () syngress com> wrote:
> > We're actually about to publish a book on ideas/strategies for 
> > building passwords and password policies. We have a sample chapter 
> > available on
>
> In Peace,
> Saqib Ali
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