[Coco] Mystic BBS

[Dave Philipsen]

Well said, I agree. 



> On Sep 30, 2019, at 2:31 PM, RETRO Innovations <go4retro at go4retro.com> wrote:
> 
> On 9/29/2019 7:21 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>>> On 9/29/19 4:51 PM, Jeff Teunissen wrote:
>>> Your password requirements are really terrible.
>>> 
>>> "7 characters, 1 capital letter, 3 numbers, 1 symbol" is a very
>>> insecure password scheme. It's bad enough that most people will write
>>> it down rather than try to remember a password that matches it --
>>> while simultaneously being very easy for a computer to guess. It's the
>>> opposite of a good password scheme, that being one that a person can
>>> memorize easily while being hard to guess.
>>> 
>>> I killed the new user session, it just wasn't worth completing.
>>> 
>> Not to mention that he is using protocols that pass that password
>> in the clear.
>> 
>> bill
>> 
>> 
> Lots of folks put telnet BBSes online like this.  And, many don't have password restriction at all, since password complexity was not always considered on BBS programs back in the day. C'mon folks, don't rain on the parade.  As Sean notes, use a different password than your normal ones for Banks and such, and enjoy a trip down memory lane.
> 
> Jim
> 
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