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Password policy.

From peter@easthope.ca
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Password policy.
Date 2018-11-13 18:10 +0100
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Hi, 

https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch04.en.html#_good_password
specifies "6 to 8 characters".  Is that adequate against currently available brute force?

Thanks,                                  ... Peter E.



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Password policy. peter@easthope.ca - 2018-11-13 18:10 +0100
  Re: Password policy. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-11-13 18:30 +0100
  Re: Password policy. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-11-13 18:50 +0100
    Re: Password policy. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-11-13 20:10 +0100
      Re: Password policy. Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-11-13 22:50 +0100
        Re: Password policy. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-11-14 05:40 +0100
    Re: Password policy. peter@easthope.ca - 2018-11-13 21:00 +0100
      Re: Password policy. Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-11-13 21:10 +0100
      Re (2): Password policy. peter@easthope.ca - 2018-11-13 22:20 +0100
        Re: Re (2): Password policy. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-11-14 05:40 +0100
  Re: Password policy. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-13 19:20 +0100
  Re: Password policy. Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2018-11-13 19:40 +0100
    Re: Password policy. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-11-13 20:10 +0100
      Re: Password policy. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-13 21:20 +0100
        Re: Password policy. peter@easthope.ca - 2018-11-14 03:40 +0100
  Re: Password policy. peter@easthope.ca - 2018-11-14 04:10 +0100
    Re: Password policy. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-14 10:50 +0100
      Re: Password policy. Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2018-11-14 11:30 +0100
        Re: Password policy. Corey Manshack <corey@manshack.me> - 2018-11-14 11:40 +0100
          Re: Password policy. Corey Manshack <corey@manshack.me> - 2018-11-14 12:30 +0100
            Re: Password policy. Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2018-11-14 12:30 +0100
              Re: Password policy. Corey Manshack <corey@manshack.me> - 2018-11-14 13:20 +0100
                Re: Password policy. Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2018-11-14 15:30 +0100
                Re: Password policy. Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2018-11-14 16:50 +0100
          Re: Password policy. Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2018-11-14 12:30 +0100
        Re: Password policy. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-14 12:20 +0100
          Re: Password policy. Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2018-11-14 15:40 +0100
            Re: Password policy. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-14 17:00 +0100
              Re: Password policy. Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2018-11-14 17:50 +0100
                Re: Password policy. Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-14 21:30 +0100
              Re: Password policy. Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-11-15 01:10 +0100

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