Comment Re:Slashdot has a limit to (Score 2) 497
On the topic of weird password requirements, my university has the weirdest password requirements i have come across to date (i'm assuming its due to some software they must use);
Note that passwords must follow these rules:
* must be 6, 7 or 8 characters in length
* must contain at least one numeric digit
* must NOT start with a numeric digit
* must contain only lower-case alphabetic letters and numeric digits (that is no punctuation characters).
* the first three characters of your password must not be identical
* the first three characters of your password must not equal sap or pass
* the first three characters of your password and login name must not be the same