Well ya gotta admit, >=18770 char password with 30689 changes between reuse is pretty secure. Also: "Note that the number of required characters changes from 17,145 to 18,770 with the installation of SP1." So SP1 is improving security. That ought to help clean up the Code Red black eye. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Browne To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 1:01 AM Subject: [TCLUG] Q276304 - Error Message Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Can I would think this was a joke if I had not seen it on the micorsoft web site. Give micro$oft long enough and they will drive their own users to Linux out of disgust. http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q276/3/04.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=tech&FR=0 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20010801/ab94b117/attachment.html