[colug-432] password survey

[Steve VanSlyck]

13 char with special chars and punch chars but no spaces; three; no we don't have any Linux/UNIX systems; never; N/A; no systems having keys. For what it's worth the server we have has no internet access and the company uses Time Warner's SonicWALL filtering system.

On May 2, 2014 8:30:17 PM EDT, Brian <bnmille at gmail.com> wrote:
>Due to a major re-organization at work, we are reviewing and/or
>implementing some new security policies.  I personally think some of
>the
>proposed policies are not going to help security at all.  So I thought
>I
>would take a survey to see what policies/practices are in place at
>other
>businesses.  These are specific to UNIX/Linux systems.  Active
>Directory
>users need not respond.
>
>1.  How long do your passwords need to be?  Are you required to have
>non-alphabetic characters?  How many passwords do you have to cycle
>through
>before you can re-use a password?  Do you have a centralized
>authentication
>system?  If you don't have centralized authentication, can you use the
>same
>password on all UNIX/Linux systems?
>
>2.  How often do you need to change passwords?  Do you have any policy
>which allows exceptions to the password change frequency?
>
>3.  If you are allowed to use public keys, are you required to replace
>your
>keys on some sort of schedule?
>
>Thanks.
>
>
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