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posted by martyb on Friday August 19 2016, @07:32PM   Printer-friendly
from the keeping-things-to-yourself dept.

The latest NIST (United States National Institute for Standards and Technology) guidelines on password policies recommend a minimum of 8 characters. Perhaps more interesting is what they recommend against. They recommend against allowing password hints, requiring the password to contain certain characters (like numeric digits or upper-case characters), using knowledge-based authentication (e.g., what is your mother's maiden name?), using SMS (Short Message Service) for two-factor authentication, or expiring passwords after some amount of time. They also provide recommendations on how password data should be stored.

[Ed. Note: Contrary to common practice, I would advocate reading the entire linked article so we can have an informed discussion on the many recommendations in the proposal. What has been your experience with password policies? Do the recommendations rectify problems you have seen? Is it reasonable to expect average users to follow the recommendations? What have they left out?]


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  • (Score: 2) by art guerrilla on Friday August 19 2016, @11:44PM

    by art guerrilla (3082) on Friday August 19 2016, @11:44PM (#390340)

    not sure to admit to this:
    but for 'non-secure', optional sites, i use a system of prefix(website)suffix...
    where the prefix and suffix are the same for all the sites, and the site name (or nickname, or abbrev, etc) is the distinguishing feature...
    um, i don't think i should give any examples...

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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Saturday August 20 2016, @12:48AM

    by Gaaark (41) on Saturday August 20 2016, @12:48AM (#390363) Journal

    EXAMPLE:

    biggusdickusmontypython.comclipclop

    Is this what you mean? :)

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