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I caught on to what the helpdesk does - they create a subdirectory and name
it their password so as they go around to pc's and map drives (so they can
load software) they don't need to remember what the password is.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Hall, Philip
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 10:32 AM
> To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: Downgrading a system from V4R5 to V4R2
>
>
> > > Why - because given someone can get hold of an encrypted
> > version of the
> > > standard 10 char passwords it takes less than an hour to
> > get the clear text
> > > version/
> > > _______________________________________________
> >
> > If you want to 'interoperate' with Windoze I think you are still stuck
> > with the LANMAN 7-character password.
>
> Correct.
>
> > But Al's question is
> > important: what percentage have disabled 'windows-support'
> > and switched to 128-char passwords (pasted to the terminal
> > because they are hard to remember :-)?
>
> It's much more secure to attach the PostIt note to the underside of the
> keyboard, no one ever thinks of looking there...
>
> ;-)
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