Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.karotte.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Sylvia Else Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Password not strong enough Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 19:07:01 +0800 Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net q76PocNRSnNUaG17aMzclQ5d+C+CwPXWRDvvxxFEbv9RbjdvC+ Cancel-Lock: sha1:ej7SrC/Jb+EnxxyFh/Ol4P9CBto= sha256:uDpOHdXfoDttkTcYJ/CHQTt9Qk40784USUQqA+b607Y= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.15.1 Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 1670 On 05-June-24 12:38 pm, David LaRue wrote: > Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote in news:v3ols0$qb6k$1@dont- > email.me: > >> On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 11:19:42 +0800, Sylvia Else wrote: >> >>> LFPUxS5a2b3LWr1qt2RS >>> >>> Password not strong enough. >>> >>> Ye Gods! How strong do you want it to be? >> >> My guess is, the password checker demands non-alphanumeric characters in >> there as well. >> >> Which is a dumb thing to require. > > Agreed. Silly rules that don't help protect you. > > Looks like a good password except that you posted it. Well, I chose a new one that is equally random, but also contains the required "strong" characters. Sylvia.