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Message-ID: <1097945987.554.16.camel@localhost>
From: frank at knobbe.us (Frank Knobbe)
Subject: Senior M$ member says stop using passwords
	completely!

On Sat, 2004-10-16 at 11:46, Frank Knobbe wrote:
> It's a nice recommendation of MS to make (to use long passphrases
> instead of passwords). But I don't consider 14 chars a "passphrase".
> Perhaps they should enable more/all password components to handle much
> longer passwords/phrases.

heh... I suck. Scratch that msg (where's my coffee?). My gaming laptop
is even configured to log in automatically with AutoLogon=1 and a
password that is longer than 14.

Perhaps a faint memory of pain from the old Winders days wallowed up
inside me. Oh well, I'll shut up now...

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