Re: Minimum password length -- MIDRANGE-L

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I've probably missed the discussion, but -why- is an 8 character password no more secure than a 7? "Common sense" would suggest that the more characters, the merrier.

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.nospam.com

From: Booth Martin <Booth@MartinVT.com>

 In a perfect World I would salute you Leif
 What little damage I have seen occur in the iSeries world has come from
 people that already have the passwords, and are people with fairly high
 security levels.  128 character passphrases would not have prevented one
 single piece of damage I have ever seen.

I actually agree with you here. 128-character passwords are ridiculous,
my point was just that 8 characters long is not more secure than 7, and that
IF you demanded more security you'll need to go to the new encryption
method (that doesn't work with Windows). I did not say that I recommended
that.
For me, a well chosen 5, 6 or 7 character password is ok. *Requiring* 8 as a
minimum is false security. If the 5, 6 or 7 character password can be broken,
so can the 8, 9, and 10 character password. No need to *require" a longer
password thinking that you are more secure.

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