One of our systems has very specific reqs.
Must be a minimum of 6 characters, to a maximum of 10
Must start with an alphabetical character
Must contain at least one number
Cannot have any repeating characters or number (i.e. 11 or aa or ff)
Cannot contain special characters (i.e. ! @ # $ % ^ & * () + - | \ = _ ‘ ; . , / ? ] [ } { ~ ` " )
Cannot be a function key (i.e. F1, F12, F5, etc.)
It also remembers the last 48 (I think) of your old passwords. How's that for complicating a random password generator?
I once had a 400 programmer working here that didn't like to change passwords. He wrote a proggy to cycle through a whole bunch of passwords in the hopes that he could reuse the one he wanted. My NetWare server foiled him because I put a 1 day retention on changes. That meant that he could only change his password once a day. That meant it would take him over a month before he could reuse his favorite password.
[ 18. October 2002, 02:22: Message edited by: LLigetfa ]
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