The simple solution seems to be to force users to use some non alpha character somewhere in the middle of their passwords. Users then tend to use a combination of two words which prevents the dictionary search. -- Jon Zeeff zeeff at b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us Support ISO 8859/1 zeeff%b-tech.uucp at umix.cc.umich.edu Ann Arbor, MI umix!b-tech!zeeff