Password policy

[whitelock]

Auckland Uni has just decided that everyone has to change their passwords. Your password must be 8 characters - no more, no less. WTF? If I want to use a 15 character password, you should let me!

And here was me going to use http://www.diceware.com

Comments

[greytail]

Eight characters is my minimum, my longest regularly used is nearly 20 -- that one took me a while to memorise.

http://www.xkcd.com/936/ is so true.