Password Choices

[Andie Ness]

In article <653 at sunspot.UUCP> cmiller at sunspot.UUCP (Charlie Miller) writes:
>In article <16562 at brl-adm.ARPA> JPLILER at simtel20.arpa (John R. Pliler) writes:
>>
>>Why not use a *random* password generator?
>>John Pliler
>
>Because you can generate your own password that has meaning to *you*
>and is easy for you to remember, but appears random.
>	-Charlie cmiller at sunspot.UUCP


And since the random numbers are only pseudo-random, they can be easily 
re-created. 
According to the Unix System Managers Manual, it could take as little as 
1 minute of CPU time to crack the system-generated passwords.

--Andie.
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