[Info-vax] VMS humor

[John Reagan]

On Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at 7:26:42 AM UTC-5, VAXman- wrote:
> In article <74ad5ee7-5ee4-4aac... at googlegroups.com>, John Reagan <xyzz... at gmail.com> writes:
> >On Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 5:49:23 PM UTC-5, Michael Moroney wrote: 
> >> Does anyone else wonder if the drug manufacturers use the VMS password 
> >> generator to name new drugs? :-) 
> >On x86, it will be harder to pronounce: 
> > 
> >$ set password/generate=16/algo=mixed 
> >Old password: 
> > 
> >knE~yAZ7dv=K]+Ui 
> >3t;yh58-6T1[Oa7; 
> >40Ie652I[6xlW3Yl 
> >ud58{>!1&R17h7uo 
> >dRcp7Se{'8^1<mK0 
> > 
> >Choose a password from this list, or press RETURN to get a new list
> And harder to remember! That'll insure that the user records their 
> password somewhere besides in their memory. 
> 
> -- 
> VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG 
> 
> I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.
I encourage that.  Hard to guess passwords are keeping the hackers in remote locations
from hacking into your machine.  Write it down and stick it to your monitor.  If you are in my
house, I've got bigger problems as you can grab the machine and leave (along with my
checkbook, passport, etc.).  I use both a password manager on my phone and I literally have
a spreadsheet sitting next to me.  If you can remember you password, it is too easy to guess.