Re: Password checking

Philippe Prindeville <philipp@Gipsi.Gipsi.Fr> Fri, 06 April 1990 13:07 UTC

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Date: Fri, 06 Apr 1990 15:08:15 -0100
From: Philippe Prindeville <philipp@Gipsi.Gipsi.Fr>
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To: art@dinorah.wustl.edu
Subject: Re: Password checking
Cc: ssphwg@cert.sei.cmu.edu

First, I wouldn't leave cleartext passwords on any sort of storage
device (including mailboxes) -- much safer to log them to a "secure"
console.  Second, the obvious time to screen a password is when it
is set, not periodically.  This way you reduce the window of
opportunity to zero.

-Philip