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caryb
October 25th, 2006, 08:15 PM
I guess this comes under the category of don't try this at home!


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en;276304
Old Pink
October 25th, 2006, 08:20 PM
Note that the number of required characters changes from 17,145 to 18,770 with the installation of SP1.

Good to know there's progress being made in the Microsoft headquaters. :)
funkyade
October 25th, 2006, 08:21 PM
that's pretty bad! thankfully I have no windows in my house (I live in a cave)...
ember
October 25th, 2006, 08:21 PM
That's what a call a VERY secure password ;)
Old Pink
October 25th, 2006, 08:22 PM
Requesting thread move to "Windows Discussions (http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=170)" ?
josys36
October 25th, 2006, 08:26 PM
I guess this comes under the category of don't try this at home!


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en;276304

We ALL had a good laugh on that one!

Jason
TigerWolf
October 25th, 2006, 08:55 PM
Heh - nice one.

They are doing some great work ;)
Burkey
October 25th, 2006, 09:51 PM
Made me laugh this morning.. hilarious.
frup
October 25th, 2006, 10:07 PM
You know that would take a minimum of about 1.5 hours to type in! thats with 3-4 chars a second (about how fast i can type my passwords i think) I think my fingers would get sore soon though lol.
TheMono
October 25th, 2006, 10:10 PM
At least running Windows you wouldn't be prompted by sudo to do the marathon type all over again...
TigerWolf
October 25th, 2006, 10:13 PM
...but in vista ;)
aysiu
October 26th, 2006, 03:07 PM
Moved to the Cafe.
PriceChild
October 26th, 2006, 03:07 PM
*moved to windows discussions... then back to where aysiu moved it* :P
aysiu
October 26th, 2006, 03:56 PM
Shoot. It probably is more appropriate in Windows discussion...

Well, whatever. If you want to move it back to Windows, I fully support you in that.
skymt
October 26th, 2006, 04:22 PM
Well, we now know for certain that Microsoft is taking their security focus seriously. A weak password is one of the most common ways a computer is broken into, so it makes sense to try to block that attack vector.

I'm more security-concious than most users, so my passwords are around 25,000 characters long. It always shocks me when security studies show that the average user still has a password under 15,000 characters, especially with rainbow tables growing so quickly in popularity.

Kudos to Microsoft for making this tough decision. Not many companies would be willing to subject their customers to a mild inconvenience like this, even when it's essential for proper security.