RE: Security procedure question

["Nick Duda" <nduda () VistaPrint com>]

No to mention that a credit card is linked to the individuals personal
finanancial assets...of course a credit card would be considered sacred.
A password to some work place doesn't hold that same level of importance
with a user, big deal if someone takes it, at least I still have my cash
in the bank.

I suggest not putting anymore effort, thinking or reasoning into
this..my .02

- ND

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On Behalf Of Mario A. Spinthiras
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 5:37 AM
To: Pranav Lal
Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Security procedure question

Pranav Lal wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I remember reading somewhere that one practice for having strong
> passwords was to allow the users to write them down but treat the
> paper on which they were written like a credit card. If I remember
> correctly, the argument went that since people don't leave credit
> cards lying around, they would not leave their passwords lying around
either.
> Has anyone tried this approach?
>
> Pranav
>
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If that where the foolish case then the intoxicated gentlemen that wrote
the referred subject scenario that you read is mistaken. If this was
indeed the case then ATM PIN codes would be written on the credit cards
:)


Regards,
Mario A. Spinthiras

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