Re: Freescale doesn't want to be bothered
- From: "Tim Shoppa" <shoppa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 16 Apr 2005 15:02:34 -0700
Obviously they got my memo dated April 1 and paid attention:
CORPORATE DIRECTIVE NUMBER 84-570471 April 1, 1984
In order to increase the security of all xxx computing facilities, and
to avoid the possibility of unauthorized use of these facilities, new
rules are being put into effect concerning the selection of passwords.
All users of xxx computing facilities are instructed to change their
passwords to conform to these rules immediately.
RULES FOR THE SELECTION OF PASSWORDS:
1. A password must be at least six characters long, and must
not contain two occurrences of a character in a row,
or a sequence of two or more characters
from the alphabet in forward or reverse order.
Example: HGQQXP is an invalid password.
GFEDCB is an invalid password.
2. A password may not contain two or more letters in the
same position as any previous password.
Example: If a previous password was GKPWTZ, then NRPWHS
would be invalid because PW occurs in the
same position in both passwords.
3. A password may not contain the name of a month or
an abbreviation for a month.
Example: MARCHBC is an invalid password.
VWMARBC is an invalid password.
4. A password may not contain the numeric representation
of a month. Therefore, a password containing any
number except zero is invalid.
Example: WKBH3LG is invalid because it contains
the numeric representation for the month of March.
5. A password may not contain any words from any
language. Thus, a password may not contain the
letters A, or I, or sequences such as AT, ME, or TO
because these are all words.
6. A password may not contain sequences of two or more
characters which are adjacent to each other on a
keyboard in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal
direction.
Example: QWERTY is an invalid password.
GHNLWT is an invalid password because G and
H are horizontally adjacent to each other.
HUKWVM is an invalid password because H and U
are diagonally adjacent to each other.
7. A password may not contain the name of a person, place or thing.
Example: JOHNBOY is an invalid password.
Because of the complexity of the password selection rules, there is
actually only one password which passes all the tests. To make the
selection of this password simpler for the user, it will be
distributed to all managers. All users are instructed to obtain this
password from his or her manager and begin using it immediately.
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