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Old 12-14-2009, 09:14 AM   #11
chrisinhouston
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Join Date: Sep 2001
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nirvana View Post
During a recent password audit, it was found that a blonde was using the following password:

MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofyIndianapolis.

When asked why such a long password, she said she was told that it had to be at least 8 characters long and include at least one capital.......
This isn't so far-fetched which is pretty scary! My wife was helping a part time employee over the phone with setting up a log-in password at a remote site she was at. She needed to come up with an 8 character password and the part timer asked my wife if the F2 key could count for 2 of the characters. My wife said no and then the lady said, "Well if that won't work what about 'TAB', can that count as 3 characters?"

I kid you not!
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