Date: Sat, 12 Apr 1997 19:22:01 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: [opendos] Wishlist v2.0
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On Sat, 12 Apr 1997, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Colin W. Glenn wrote:
> > Hmmm, I can see that now, keep your password offline in a nocr/lf file,
> > then do an ascii upload whenever you log on.
> 
> The purpose of a long password would theoretically be for better
> security.  Putting a password into an autologon script for

Generally, I pick passwords which are not only obscure, but ones I
remember easy.  As strange as it sounds, it works.  My reference source
for generating passwords will make 165,000 unique passwords if I keep them
to 5-8 characters, it multiplies expotentially with added characters.