Talk:Password strength
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[edit] dubious edits
A series of recent edits by 87.66.184.17 make sensible points, but are not integrated into the article at all well. I suggest that they be modified to fit better, or be removed for another try. Comment? ww 16:58, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Obsolete Advice
The following URL: Choosing Good Passwords -- A User Guide, Provides almost dangerously obsolete password advice. Precomputed reverse lookup tables, called Rainbow tables, are widely and inexpessively available on the internet. Most of these tables cover passwords that are 8 places long or less and use letters, numbers and common keyboard symbols.
Extending the symbols used in a password or increasing its length have become vital considerations for "High" security passwords.
Even the guidance provided NIST often sighted by IT Auditors is now more than 30 years out of date. Please consider an update of this page. Arctific 22:01, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
