Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-06 Thread Chris Mitchell
On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 22:45:27 -0700 David Christensen wrote: > On 4/3/22 21:07, ghe2001 wrote: > > I kinda thought it probably was. It's pretty obvious. The idea is > > to generate a bunch of gibberish that could be easily remembered. > > It's not gibberish; it has meaning. The meaning is wh

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-04 Thread Curt
On 2022-04-04, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > > Chrome does that. > I never turned on 'Save passwords' or whatever it is so remained unaware of this feature.

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-04 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 4 Apr 2022 10:20:09 -0400 Patrick Wiseman wrote: > Chrome does that. As does Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-generate-secure-password-firefox > On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 10:04 AM Curt wrote: > > > On 2022-04-03, Brian wrote: > > > > > >> One of the bits of advice is t

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-04 Thread Patrick Wiseman
Chrome does that. On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 10:04 AM Curt wrote: > On 2022-04-03, Brian wrote: > > > >> One of the bits of advice is to use long passwords made up of three > >> random words and to use a different password per website / to use > >> your web browser to generate an appropriate rando

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-04 Thread Curt
On 2022-04-03, Brian wrote: > >> One of the bits of advice is to use long passwords made up of three >> random words and to use a different password per website / to use >> your web browser to generate an appropriate random password. >> Forcing passwords to change regularly may not be a good way

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-04 Thread tomas
On Sun, Apr 03, 2022 at 11:12:07PM -0700, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On Sun Apr 3 23:07:14 2022 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > > Much of it is security theater. > > I'll remember that phrase. I learnt it from Bruce Schneier [1]. I have the hunch that he coined it himself. > > Someone (TM) up the

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-03 Thread Charlie Gibbs
On Sun Apr 3 23:07:14 2022 to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, Apr 03, 2022 at 07:45:47PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > [...] > >>> Indeed, all of this happens, usually without any explanation >>> whatsoever. >>> For whose benefit are such requirements constructured? > > Much of it is securi

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-03 Thread David Christensen
On 4/3/22 21:07, ghe2001 wrote: On Sunday, April 3, 2022 7:37 PM, David Christensen wrote: Mozart is famous enough that I expect transcripts of all of his works exist. Yes, but they don't know it's Mozart. And he wrote lots of pieces with words. Suppose the attacker prepares dictionar

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-03 Thread tomas
On Sun, Apr 03, 2022 at 04:43:30PM -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: [...] > I've worked on linux-based software which is covered by overseas medical > device law as well as US HIPAA [...] > > Changing passwords at frequent intervals? Total nonsensense as far as > > advice goes. > > > > See above

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-03 Thread tomas
On Sun, Apr 03, 2022 at 07:45:47PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: [...] > > Indeed, all of this happens, usually without any explanation whatsoever. > > For whose benefit are such requirements constructured? Much of it is security theater. Someone (TM) up the chain can tick the checkbox "passwo

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-03 Thread David Christensen
On 4/3/22 20:05, Greg Marks wrote: i have a trouble of creating a password.. It says "The password does not contain the required characters." I have tried everything and still doesn't get to work. You might try a command like this: That's sick. I like it. }:-> 2022-04-03 21:25:48 dp

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-03 Thread ghe2001
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Sunday, April 3, 2022 7:37 PM, David Christensen wrote: > Mozart is famous enough that I expect transcripts of all of his works > exist. Yes, but they don't know it's Mozart. And he wrote lots of pieces wit

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-03 Thread Greg Marks
> i have a trouble of creating a password.. It says "The > password does not contain the required characters." > > I have tried everything and still doesn't get to work. You might try a command like this: signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-03 Thread David Christensen
On 4/3/22 14:05, ghe2001 wrote: Another password generator suggestion: I'm 79 and memory isn't what it used to be, so I find those "secure" passwords generated by computers to be less than optimal. I use a system that I claim can't be hacked by a dictionary search and almost certainly not by

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-03 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Sun, Apr 3, 2022, 3:00 PM Brian wrote: > On Sun 03 Apr 2022 at 19:45:47 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 03, 2022 at 08:25:46PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > > On Sun 03 Apr 2022 at 20:10:14 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 21:31:34 +0300 > > > > PanosGR w

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-03 Thread ghe2001
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 --- Original Message --- On Sunday, April 3rd, 2022 at 1:45 PM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > One of the bits of advice is to use long passwords made up of three > random words and to use a different password per website / to use > your w

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-03 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 19:45:47 + "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: Hello Andrew, >maintain security - it can mean that people use password01, password02 >and things like that. My previous employer was wise to that; If I tried such tactics their password vetting software would reject the new version

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-03 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 20:25:46 +0100 Brian wrote: Hello Brian, >For whose benefit are such requirements constructured? I suspect that's a rhetorical question, but just in case it's not; The idea is to promote the use of more complex passwords that should be harder to guess. Of course, they're st

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-03 Thread Brian
On Sun 03 Apr 2022 at 19:45:47 +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Sun, Apr 03, 2022 at 08:25:46PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Sun 03 Apr 2022 at 20:10:14 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 21:31:34 +0300 > > > PanosGR wrote: > > > > > > Hello PanosGR, > > > > > > >I have t

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-03 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Apr 03, 2022 at 08:25:46PM +0100, Brian wrote: > On Sun 03 Apr 2022 at 20:10:14 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > > > On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 21:31:34 +0300 > > PanosGR wrote: > > > > Hello PanosGR, > > > > >I have tried everything and still doesn't get to work. > > > > Very often passwords are r

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-03 Thread Brian
On Sun 03 Apr 2022 at 20:10:14 +0100, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 21:31:34 +0300 > PanosGR wrote: > > Hello PanosGR, > > >I have tried everything and still doesn't get to work. > > Very often passwords are required to contain a mix of upper and lower > case letters and one or more

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-03 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 21:31:34 +0300 PanosGR wrote: Hello PanosGR, >I have tried everything and still doesn't get to work. Very often passwords are required to contain a mix of upper and lower case letters and one or more numerals. Some sites require 'special' characters (%#~$, etc) to be used, s

Re: Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-03 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sun, Apr 03, 2022 at 09:31:34PM +0300, PanosGR wrote: > Hello there, i have a trouble of creating a password.. It says "The > password does not contain the required characters." > > I have tried everything and still doesn't get to work. > > Perhaps could you give me a password just to create a

Can't create a password successfully.

2022-04-03 Thread PanosGR
Hello there, i have a trouble of creating a password.. It says "The password does not contain the required characters." I have tried everything and still doesn't get to work. Perhaps could you give me a password just to create an account? Thanks, Panos.