> > Given modern processor power availability, I can't think of one; > > How about modern brain availability? You'll just get a lot of annoyed > people changing it back; for example, makepasswd still uses a minimum > length of six.
My weak English makes me think your comment is rude. Please excuse me then if this is not. I don't really understand the need for turning your comment this way, which indeed doesn't make your point clear, whether you agree or disagree with the idea of default enforcement of 8 characters length for passwords. It seems you disagree, but don't really give a rationale for it except "some other programs we have in Debian default to 6 chars". Am I right? (BTW, this "makepasswd" doesn't seem to be isntalled by default)
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