From ec9e63b7dec3c53525ec5e2413a0846e962cd73a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nekral-guest Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 18:25:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Remove the advices for the choice of a good password (they are debatable). Point to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_strength instead. --- ChangeLog | 6 ++++++ man/passwd.1.xml | 31 ++----------------------------- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index ede28d4b..2c1744d7 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2008-05-21 Nicolas François + + * man/passwd.1.xml: Remove the advices for the choice of a good + password (they are debatable). Point to + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_strength instead. + 2008-05-20 Nicolas François * NEWS, libmisc/salt.c (SHA_salt_size): Seed the RNG, and fix a diff --git a/man/passwd.1.xml b/man/passwd.1.xml index d598a3c1..7d96165e 100644 --- a/man/passwd.1.xml +++ b/man/passwd.1.xml @@ -113,35 +113,8 @@ - Your password must be easily remembered so that you will not be forced - to write it on a piece of paper. This can be accomplished by - appending two small words together and separating each with a - special character or digit. For example, Pass%word. - - - - Other methods of construction involve selecting an easily remembered - phrase from literature and selecting the first or last letter from - each word. An example of this is: - - - - - Ask not for whom the bell tolls - - - which produces - - - An4wtbt - - - - - You may be reasonably sure few crackers will have included this in - their dictionaries. You should, however, select your own methods for - constructing passwords and not rely exclusively on the methods given - here. + You can find advices on how to choose a strong password on + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_strength