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#2503403 - 04/28/08 12:40 AM Your password is too short.
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/276304

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Error! Your password must be at least 18770 characters and cannot repeat any of your previous 30689 passwords. Please type a different password. Type a password that meets these requirements in both text boxes.

Note: that the number of required characters changes from 17,145 to 18,770 with the installation of SP1.


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#2503409 - 04/28/08 12:47 AM Re: Your password is too short. [Re: Desert Eagle]
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Too funny!

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NOTE: This is not a common case; it occurs only when you configure Windows 2000 to authenticate against an MIT Kerberos domain.


I reckon I'd use another.
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#2503413 - 04/28/08 01:00 AM Re: Your password is too short. [Re: Dart]
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#2503477 - 04/28/08 03:54 AM Re: Your password is too short. [Re: Dart]
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 Originally Posted By: Dart

Too funny!

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NOTE: This is not a common case; it occurs only when you configure Windows 2000 to authenticate against an MIT Kerberos domain.


I reckon I'd use another.


Yeah, MIT Kerberos realms are fairly rare. Most use a 3rd party Kerberos lib (or in the case of Windows, it uses Microsoft's own).

Plus, MIT Kerb is too damn insecure! :p Nearly every day, something new comes across Bugtraq for it...

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