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Re: Minimum password length

From: Douglas Handy <dhandy1@bellsouth.net>
> However, if they have that information even using 7 - 10 characters is
still
> fast enough to crack to not be worth much of an obstacle from a security
> standpoint.

yes, and the bottom line is that the pre-128 character password encryption(s)
are useless (can be cracked in hours). To get back to the original poster's
problem: "will enforcing a minimum length of 8 be effective"?, the answer is
no.

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