Re^2: Password Generation and Module Multiplication

Not to mention you can't remember strong passwords so you tend to write them down. I once had to generate a password for some military app that was so bad, it had to be some 20+ characters without any common words, nor could you use common numbers and symbols inplace of letters, so a password like, "P@$$W0rd" wouldn't work. I ended up writing it down somewhere... in my own special code I made up so as to confuse anyone who saw it (mostly inspectors who will write you up if they find passwords written on papers glued to monitors).

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Re^3: Password Generation and Module Multiplication by CountZero (Bishop) on Nov 24, 2010 at 14:04 UTC
Yes, that is absolutely the downside of strong random passwords: nobody can remember them, therefore writes them up on a piece of paper and then tapes that to his/her monitor! As soon as you write something fool-proof, along comes a better fool. CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James	[reply]

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Re^3: Password Generation and Module Multiplication
by CountZero (Bishop) on Nov 24, 2010 at 14:04 UTC

As soon as you write something fool-proof, along comes a better fool.

CountZero

A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

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