Posted on Aug 3, 2016
Frequent password changes are the enemy of security, FTC technologist says
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It must at least 9 characters long have 1 uppercase letter, 1 lowercase letter, 1 number, and 1 special character. You have to change at least 4 characters from your last password and you can't use any of your last 6 passwords. Your new password will expire in 150 days. Remember to make it easy to remember! PO1 John Miller SGT (Join to see)
Frequent password changes are the enemy of security, FTC technologist says
Posted from arstechnica.com
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Computer & Network Security
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My life got a lot easier when I gave up on trying to keep my passwords something I could remember. Now I use LastPass and let it auto-generate insanely complex passwords, a unique password for every site/system so if one site gets compromised none of the others are at risk.
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SSgt Mark Lines - I think there are many differences between Lastpass, Keypass, and KeypassX. I forgot though
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Sgt Jason Markvart
Insanely complex passwords are great and all, expect now they are so hard that people end up writing them down...
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SSgt Mark Lines
I can't believe someone had to perform a study to figure out everything stated in the article! Good share!
I can't believe someone had to perform a study to figure out everything stated in the article! Good share!
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This article re-enforces a notion that I picked up in my various security classes: The more secure a system is, the less user-friendly it is, and the more user-friendly a system is, the less secure it is. In the end, we can only hope to strike a happy medium between the two.
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