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Re: Password Dictionary

Here's a start:
http://www.whatsmypass.com/the-top-500-worst-passwords-of-all-time Note that
a few are NSFW.

You also just Google for "password dictionary file" or similar.

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Burns, Bryan <Bryan_Burns@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

Yeah, that's what he's talking about. Do you know the main players for
this type of stuff? We wouldn't roll our own.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charles Wilt
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:52 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Password Dictionary

Everything is possible on the i ;)

In this case, assuming the auditor is talking about having passwords
validated against a dictionary to prevent simple plain word passwords....

The i offers an exit point for which you can register a program to validate
new passwords...

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/topic/rzamv/rzamvqpwdvldpgm.htm

Either purchase or roll your own...

HTH,
Charles


On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Burns, Bryan <Bryan_Burns@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
An auditor stated we could improve information security by
implementing a password dictionary. Is this even possible on a system i?

Bryan Burns
ECHO, Inc.
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