@morgano said:
I work for the US Military and passwords are just as horrendous here. To log on as a system administrator the password is twice as complex as a normal user password. I beleive the requirement is for minimum length of 16 characters along with all the other hoopla. I wonder what rocket scientist decided that a 16 character password, that most likely EVERY administrator writes down somewhere, is more secure than an 8 character password you can actually remember. Were any tests done to determine what is the longest string of characters that the average person can accurately remember for an extended length of time? At one point I memorized PI to 20 + digits, but today I can only remember it as 3.141592565 = 10 digits. Hmmm, maybe our security people are actually working for the other side...
Don't use a password. Use a Pass Phrase: "England 5- Germany 1". Sorted