RE: Long passwords in V5R2

> Ken Graap:
>We are contemplating moving to 128 charater 
>passwords on our V5R2 system....
>
>If so.... any words of warning or tips would be greatly appreciated.

> Me:
>128 character passwords can be more difficult to remember.

> Ken:
>I think the idea behind having a 128 character password 
>is that it becomes a pass phrase....
>
>For example, my pass phrase might be: "My niece McKaylah is 7 years old"


Sorry -- forgot the :) again.

I had to decide between that response or "we were going to implement long
passwords but we hadn't accounted for the expense of moving to larger
post-its".

Actually we're looking to move from password level 0 to password level 2.
We're leaving maximum password length at 10 though.  We'll be implementing
it to take advantage of mixed-case password support.  We started using
mixed-case on the Windows Domain and it doesn't integrate well with upper
(non-mixed) case iSeries passwords.  We already switched to level 2 for a
test, then switched back with no problems.  If you have a few hours of down
time you can spare for playtime you might try the same test.  I'd stay away
from password level 3 though.  We saved security data first as a precaution.

I couldn't find anything to worry about.  Users can key their upper case
passwords in mixed, lower, or upper case until the first time they change
their password.  Once you change your password it becomes case sensitive and
you can again sync Domain passwords against Netserver.  We don't have a
complex environment for external connections though, and we're not really
going to long passwords.  I was gonna ask Al what was ugly about long
password support, but this has been discussed before so I figured I'd check
the list archives first.  ...unless maybe he thought we were talking about
long library list support.  :)

-Jim

James P. Damato
Manager - Technical Administration
Dollar General Corporation
<mailto:jdamato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>