Comments on: When it comes to passwords, length is what matters http://www.fosterinstitute.com/blog/passwords/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:50:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike Foster http://www.fosterinstitute.com/blog/passwords/#comment-18378 Mike Foster Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:16:30 +0000 http://www.fosterinstitute.com/blog/?p=327#comment-18378 While length is preferably 15 characters, but Windows operating systems older than Windows Server 2003 cannot handle passwords longer than 14 characters. Windows Server 2003 and later supports passwords up to 127 characters in length. If you want to use GPO's to enforce a passphrase of 15 characters, you will need to use a custom password filter to replace PASSFILT.DLL. While length is preferably 15 characters, but Windows operating systems older than Windows Server 2003 cannot handle passwords longer than 14 characters. Windows Server 2003 and later supports passwords up to 127 characters in length. If you want to use GPO’s to enforce a passphrase of 15 characters, you will need to use a custom password filter to replace PASSFILT.DLL.

]]> By: Norm Schwantes http://www.fosterinstitute.com/blog/passwords/#comment-18377 Norm Schwantes Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:13:20 +0000 http://www.fosterinstitute.com/blog/?p=327#comment-18377 Mike, When I read this it reminded me of an old "blonde" joke, which isn't so "blonde" any more... During a recent password audit, it was found that a blonde was using the following password: MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofy When asked why such a big password, she said that it had to be at least 8 characters long. Mike,

When I read this it reminded me of an old “blonde” joke, which isn’t so “blonde” any more…

During a recent password audit, it was found that a blonde was using the
following password:

MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofy

When asked why such a big password, she said that it had to be at least 8
characters long.

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