[Info-vax] VMS humor

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In article <rshs9q$nnu$1 at dont-email.me>, =?UTF-8?Q?Jan-Erik_S=c3=b6derholm?= <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
>Den 2020-12-30 kl. 14:25, skrev VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG:
>> In article <74ad5ee7-5ee4-4aac-a48d-5013d840683an at googlegroups.com>, John Reagan <xyzzy1959 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.
>> 
>
>It has been a long time since users only kept passwords in their memory.
>
>Most applications (maybe more browsers then terminal emulators)
>today has the option to save the login data. It is uncommon today
>that you are forced to remember your passwords yourself.

The VMS terminal driver will be modified to remember your cryptic password? 
Oh, the security.

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