password security

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In article <5005 at b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us> zeeff at b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff) writes:
>The simple solution seems to be to force users to use some non alpha
>character somewhere in the middle of their passwords.  Users then tend 
>to use a combination of two words which prevents the dictionary search.

the 4.3-tahoe-BSD version of passwd seems to do this.  At least the last
time I logged into a tahoe system and tried to change my password it
wouldn't rest until I had put a non-alphabetic character into it.
Had the same experience on a Convex machine.


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