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RE: User IDs and passwords: Equally important for access security
Good article. I like the idea of increasing the length of userid and password to increase security. The argument against longer passwords being difficult to remember.

The other problem is some web sites limit the length and/or characters of userids and passwords. The second paper you reference also explains why literary and movie characters are generally blocked as userids.
Posted by Orodreth
20th Jul 2010