Path: ...!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 19:08:16 +0800 Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: <748981ad-5809-6a90-5807-e64d9de3a434@example.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net e61KCyk2a7QhJvlLkSW+CQM4tCXSenVTeJBGjlnY7t0RVkZYJx Cancel-Lock: sha1:g5yXubbw5Rd5ZlzBAj57lqVTdWQ= sha256:9wF+zX42vnWG6kUIB1u5VhCttnLBXLMaX+gr9+HpJSk= 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: <748981ad-5809-6a90-5807-e64d9de3a434@example.net> Bytes: 2485 On 05-June-24 1:38 pm, D wrote: > > > On Wed, 5 Jun 2024, 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.  Mine is 24 >> characters >> long and not random if you know the pattern that made it.  My wife hasn't >> been able to type it in even if it is written down for her to type in. >> >> A pharmacy site rejected a proposed long password because it contained >> three >> characters in my email address.  I just call them when something is >> needed. >> I'd rather talk to a human anyway. >> >> FWIW, I've yet to be hacked.  I've only been online since before the >> Internet. >> >> I'm also glad to see you both still enjoying life. >> > > I read somewhere that someone thought that a good and well managed > password was way better than 2FA or 3FA since those, together with > modern password reset policies, leave too many gaps. I've tried, without success, to get password resets disabled on things like bank account online access. Sylvia.