RE: CA/400 CWBLM0006 message

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Al,

Don't you mean that Wayne & others have been recommending a higher value
for QMINPWDLEN - the change I am referring to is QMAXPWDLEN that USED to
be shipped as 10, and is now being shipped as 8.

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        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Al Barsa, Jr. [SMTP:barsa2@ibm.net]
        Sent:   Monday, January 05, 1998 10:19 AM
        To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
        Cc:     WOEvans@aol.com
        Subject:        RE: CA/400 CWBLM0006 message

        At 03:29 AM 1/5/98 -0700, you wrote:
        >This could explain why they are shipping new systems with
QMAXPWDLEN set
        >to 8.
        >I though it had to do with mainframe compatibility - haven't
seen it
        >documented anywhere re CA/400. 

        Security gurus, like Wayne Evans, have been recommending this
for years.

        Al

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