From: Mike Harlan (mike@spacedata.biz)
Date: Thu Jan 19 2006 - 13:06:46 EST
I believe that the 6-8 rule is in place because it would take an extremely
long time (or lucky guess) to crack the password at this length. Especially
when used with the other recommended practices (uppercase, lowercase,
special characters, numbers). Also, remember that we have to put forth as
much effort to protect our info as we think that it is worth to us or our
customers.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sulaiman, Wilmar [mailto:wsulaiman@siddharta.co.id]
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 5:12 AM
To: pen-test@securityfocus.com
Subject: Secure Password Policy?
Dear all,
I noticed that "best practice" for Minimum password length policy is either
6 or 8 characters. I guess SANS institute considered a weak password if it
is less than 8 characters.
I would like to know where they derived the number (6 and 8 characters).
Is there any documentation to backup it up why the best practice for minimum
password length is set to 6?
Wilmar Sulaiman
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