Chris Murphy composed on 2015-01-28 16:05 (UTC-0700):
Brian C. Lane wrote:
> I *know* this is going to be a bit of a pain to get used to. But
the
Much more than just "a bit" on a maintainer of multi multiboot systems. If
this actually makes it in and stays through F22 release, it'll be yet another
reason not to test future Anacondas (it still steams me that target / *must*
be formatted by Anaconda), and yet another reason to upgrade an existing
instead of installing fresh.
> increased security is worth it. Super simple passwords will no
longer be
> allowed, but it is still easy to come up with one that passes the
> checks.
Not so easy for one that is easy enough to both remember and type repeatedly
while testing.
pwgen has lots of suggestions.
It's not worth it. It's a PITA. It's security theater.
Windows, OS X,
Android, iOS - none of these require strong passwords, and the last
two don't even require passwords at all. The new password requirement
merely exposes the fact we're deficient in other areas of system
security, and we're masking that with this insulting baby sitting
nonsense.
+ + + + +
Instead of coercion, it's more polite to call the user names
(stupid,
idiot, moron, imbecile, etc) if they choose weak passwords. Name
calling is kinder, more convenient, and honest and capitulation is
optional. This password policy is complete utter bullcrap. This
doesn't happen on any other OS I use and it pisses me off that Fedora
is deciding to do this exactly wrong. It's really that offensive.
+ + + + +
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