Password choices

Brian Moffet brianm at sco.COM
Sat Jul 9 01:51:12 AEST 1988


In article <377 at mfgfoc.UUCP> exodus at mfgfoc.UUCP (Greg Onufer) writes:
>
>Please:  DO NOT USE WORDS FOUND IN THE UNIX SYSTEM DICTIONARY.  FOR THAT

Actually, you can use words in the dictionary, as long as you mistype
them.  I have yet to see a password cracker look for the word
foobar when it is typed fppnar  (right hand off by 1 key).


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