Re: Need to generate passwords (really long response - sorry)

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I do have one more thought.  Perhaps the Auditor person hasn't had a good
chance to see how very concerned the iSeries platform is about security.
Has he seen the password rules that you can establish?  Has he seen all of
the responses to this thread?  I ask that because you've had responses from
lots of very big shops and no one else concerns themselves at this
particular spot.  Their concerns range far beyond the original concern of
the auditor.

I am not suggesting you fight with him, but perhaps he should be shown what
the World's best business platform already offers.  Rather than fight with
him about random password generation, get his help on establishing which
password rules to use.

Incidentally, just as a "this is how I do it" story: The user types in his
own password in the physical presence of a security officer.  Passwords are
not said aloud nor written down nor reset over the phone.  Each physical
location has a person assigned as security officer for this purpose.




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Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
Booth@MartinVT.com
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From: midrange-l@midrange.com
Date: Thursday, October 24, 2002 10:03:32 AM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Need to generate passwords (really long response - sorry)

Gang -

WOW! I didn't expect the response that my simple (I thought!) question
generated.


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Booth Martin wrote:

"Ever explain anything to an auditor? Successfully?"

No - and certainly not recently - that's why I'm asking for help! :-)

and he wrote:

"Get an old newspaper and a dart. throw the dart. thats the password. Tell
him that's your Random Password Generator(RPG). If he is still concerning,
get a Wall Street Journal and use one of those pages. Now you have an
Official Wall Street Journal Random Password Generator. If he's still upset
buy a New York Times Sunday Edition."

HEY! Now there's an idea! But I need to automate it . . . maybe a monkey . .
. ;-)

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