On Jul 22, 2011 11:22 AM, "Dave Close" <d...@compata.com> wrote:
>
> Dan Foster wrote:
>
> >       - Periodic password changes
>
> I have never heard a reasonable explanation for this common policy. If
> you don't share passwords and block repeated failures, why does it help?
> More importantly, it generally forces people to write them down.

If a password is compromised in a non-obvious way, it provides a limit on
how long it could be used.
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