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  3. February 2003

RE: Minimum password length

128 character passwords?  That could get expensive.  We'd have to switch to
the larger size post-its.

-Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Leif Svalgaard [mailto:leif@attglobal.net]
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 8:22 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Minimum password length


From: <ouuch@t-online.de>
> well, our corporate IT headquarters have given out the directive 
> that the minimum password length should be set to 8 characters...

unless you use the new system value setting that allows 
passwords up to 128 in length, there is no gain in strength
using passwords longer than 7.


> 
> Will this affect any existing passwords?

no

> Does anybody know if its possible to crack an OS/400 password

yes, that can be easily done.

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