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Originally Posted by RuthB
Hi Dankasaur,
Password reset is usually requested about every 6 months or so. Yes, this is a security feature implemented when we updated our login server some time ago to a higher level of encryption.
Thanks for your feedback!
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It's been proven that your method of "security" behind this is not good...
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[...] He particularly slams the common requirement that users change passwords at specified intervals. A hacker who steals your password is going to use it right away; he won't wait two months. "Insisting that users choose a unique strong password for each [[account]] which they change often and never write down is clearly a large burden."
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2362692,00.asp