A Very Security Conscious Password

The text following is taken from Microsoft's own documentation...

Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows versions 2000, 2000 SP1 Professional
  • Microsoft Windows versions 2000, 2000 SP1 Server
  • Microsoft Windows versions 2000, 2000 SP1 Advanced Server

SYMPTOMS

If you log on to an MIT realm, press CTRL+ALT+DELETE, click Change Password, type your existing MIT password, and then type a new, simple password that does not pass the dictionary check in Kadmind, you may receive the following error message:

Your password must be at least 18770 characters and cannot repeat any of your previous 30689 passwords. Please type a different password. Type a password that meets these requirements in both text boxes.
Note that the number of required characters changes from 17,145 to 18,770 with the installation of SP1.

Considering that Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is only 1,177 characters in length, a password with a minimum length roughly sixteen times greater certainly suggests a severe concern with security ... or something ...

But one could wonder just what that 'something' actually is ...

 

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