RE: Security Tools - Analyze default passwords

["Doug Hart" <doughart@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Thanks, to all that responded.  I think I'll just write my own routine
(using APIs) to do the check without the counter problem.


midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>    We have a product from Hawkeye (I'm sure there are other p=oducts)
>    that has an implementation of this. Hawkeye's implementation will
>    =ot check the password if it is one invalid attempt away from
>    disabling. Th= upside on this is that you don't get disabled
>    passwords. The downside is    that you cannot verify that the ones
> not checked aren't using a default pas=word.
>
>    However, if the user is using their profi=e as their password we
>    would certainly hope that they can get that right o= the first
>    time! But I've seen worse...
>
>    Chris W=isonant
>    Comporium
>    Senior Mid-Range Systems Administra=or
>    iSeries Certified Systems Expert
>    803.326.7270&nbsp=(W)
>    803.326.6142 (F)
>    chris.whisonant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx