> 30 characters is IMO total overkill. The root password on one of the servers
> I admin is 20, but other than that the longest password I use regularly is 12
> characters, and pronounceable.

I forget exactly what the context was, but a local college mailing list where
I used to work recently had a discussion about password lengths.  The gist
was that at a certain length (?14 chars?), the password became exponentially
more secure, as Windows used a different method to store/encode it.

Although, frankly, given the people who were discussing it, it's even money
as to whether they were completely full of hot air or not.

Mike H.

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