Passwords: does size matter, what characters?

[Drew Van Zandt]

Hey now, it took some of us (OK maybe just me) almost 4 months to
memorize the multiplication tables through the 12's.

Of course, once the teacher realized making me stay in and read during
recess was a REWARD and stopped doing that, it took about 20 minutes.

Also... what drives me crazy is that requirements conflict on websites
where security isn't important anyway, so I can't use the same
password for all the ones that don't really matter.  PASSWORDS ARE
NEVER GOING TO BE THAT STRONG, get over it and use real authentication
(2-factor) if it's that important.

--DTVZ

>  If you can memorize the multiplication table, you can memorize an eight character
> password.
> (If you can't memorize the multiplication table, you shouldn't be
> trusted with anything needing a password in the first place.  :)  )