[BlueOnyx:00935] Re: Sirius XM Satellite Radio needs help

[Greg O'Lone]

Until a customer uses as password like pa$$word, thinking that it was  
secure, and then your box becomes a relay point for several thousand  
messages per hour (we had this problem last fall). Personally, I like  
the strong password thing. I suspect that it is because of how many  
days it took me to track down the problem (and I'd like to never do  
that again).

GregO

On Mar 31, 2009, at 11:02 pm, Doug Harvey wrote:

> It's been my experience that I can use a password like: D31158 and the
> system reports that it is a strong password, but if I use a password
> like:dd%31158&deutft, the system reports that the password is to weak.
>
> Just a thought, but personally, I don't see that as a good measure to
> instill strong passwords.
>
> Doug
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blueonyx-bounces at blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-bounces at blueonyx.it 
> ] On
> Behalf Of Tjerk Hacquebord
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 2:58 PM
> To: 'BlueOnyx General Mailing List'
> Subject: [BlueOnyx:00931] Re: Sirius XM Satellite Radio needs help
>
> I agree with Alex that this function should have had the possibility  
> to be
> tweaked. The check is way too hard on users.
> Even the most brilliant passwords can be marked as 'based on  
> dictionary
> word'.
> If you have a hosting company with many customers I would find a way  
> to
> disable this function.
> Tip for Alex: create an empty forbidden words database. But like  
> Michael
> said, it will be back after an update.
>
>
>
> Tjerk Hacquebord
> ---
> tjerk at hqmatics.nl
> http://www.hqmatics.nl
>
>
> HQMatics: Software- en websiteontwikkeling
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: blueonyx-bounces at blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx- 
> bounces at blueonyx.it]
> Namens Michael Stauber
> Verzonden: dinsdag 31 maart 2009 22:32
> Aan: alex at raqport.com; BlueOnyx General Mailing List
> Onderwerp: [BlueOnyx:00925] Re: Sirius XM Satellite Radio needs help
>
> Hi Alex,
>
>> Can you please show me how to disable the feature that require strong
>> password.
>
> Not possible. They way it's built in you can't disable that feature
> relieably
> as it will come back during the next patch.
>
> Anyone who insists on using bad (or too simplicistic) passwords can  
> set them
>
> from the command line using the following syntax (as root):
>
> /usr/bin/passwd username
>
> It'll ask for the password twice and will then set the specified  
> password
> for
> the given user. It will still complain if the password is too short  
> or too
> simple, but will set it nonetheless.
>
> -- 
> With best regards
>
> Michael Stauber
>
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