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Re: File vault, firmware password, etc

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From billy@MIX.COM
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Subject Re: File vault, firmware password, etc
Date Tue, 4 Mar 2014 21:48:56 +0000 (UTC)
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Daniel Cohen <dcohenspam@talktalk.net> writes:

> How many characters do you reckon a strong password should have? The
> longer the better for strength, but the shorter the better for the
> occasions (and there are quite a few of them) when one has to enter an
> admin user's password. I don't have a feel for the balance between these
> and would welcome opinions.

I'm reasonably sure recent OS X versions (from 10.8 or maybe 10.7)
allow up to 32 byte passwords.  Previous versions stopped at 8, even
though you could type more chars in.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TA20725

http://diceware.com has lots of useful password info, mostly here -

http://world.std.com/%7Ereinhold/dicewarefaq.html#login

Somewhere on this site is info about the above move to longer strings,
but if you're curious about that, you'll have to find it yourself.  

Billy Y..
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File vault, firmware password, etc dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2014-03-03 08:57 +0000
  Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2014-03-03 13:20 +0000
    Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-03 15:13 +0000
      Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-03 16:07 +0000
        Re: File vault, firmware password, etc me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-03-03 16:19 +0000
          Re: File vault, firmware password, etc dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2014-03-03 17:57 +0000
            Re: File vault, firmware password, etc me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-03-04 00:03 +0000
              Re: File vault, firmware password, etc dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2014-03-04 12:08 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-03-04 19:31 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2014-03-04 20:46 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2014-03-04 21:41 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-03-04 17:01 -0500
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2014-03-04 23:09 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-04 22:06 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-04 22:25 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc billy@MIX.COM - 2014-03-04 22:39 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-04 23:26 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc billy@MIX.COM - 2014-03-05 00:10 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc billy@MIX.COM - 2014-03-04 21:48 +0000
                Re: File vault, firmware password, etc dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2014-03-04 23:09 +0000
        Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-03 16:25 +0000
      Re: File vault, firmware password, etc billy@MIX.COM - 2014-03-03 17:05 +0000
        Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-03 17:10 +0000
        Re: File vault, firmware password, etc billy@MIX.COM - 2014-03-05 18:22 +0000
          Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-05 18:28 +0000
    Re: File vault, firmware password, etc dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2014-03-03 17:57 +0000
      Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2014-03-03 19:11 +0000
  Re: File vault, firmware password, etc Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-03-04 17:10 -0500

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