RE: Password Expiry. (fwd)

Jason Hodges (jason@sprint.com.au)
Thu, 8 Aug 1996 12:23:17 +1000 (EST)

> 1. Hardly anyone uses the password expiration these days. Your 'much needed
> feature' wouldn't even register on a scale along with the other requests we
> get.

Not a 'much needed feature' for the ISP market but a lot if security
audit policies state Password Expiry is necessary for internal dialin
services.

> 2. Talk to the folks who designed PPP - they didn't provide any way to send
> messages to the client in the protocol.
> 3. I know a lot of people who would be pissed if we spent resources on things
> like this instead of major features.

Sure - I appreciate this - From what I can see something like this wouold
be a bitch to implement and the end user base would be relatively lower.
But everyone wants a perfect product. Gonna be fun supporting a Secure-ID
service though...

Jason Hodges
Client Server Group
EDS Australia