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Are you following the Password vs. Passphrase debates?

Jesper M. Johansson, a Security Program Manager at Microsoft has posted his 2nd article in a series on passwords versus pass phrases. The first installment covered the fundamentals of passwords and pass phrases, how they are stored, and so on. In this installment he discusses the relative strength of each type of password, and use some mathematical approaches for illustration. In the third installment, he will offer some conclusions and guidance on how to choose passwords and configure a password policy.
Published Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:21 PM by sluper

Comments

 

Ilya said:

Honestly speaking those debates ends up at Encentuate (http://www.encentuate.com). Or RSA, whatever preffered.
October 20, 2004 2:08 AM
 

me myself said:

nice
October 21, 2004 10:24 AM
 

Deep Thoughts... said:

December 9, 2004 3:34 PM
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