Title: Department Of Defense Password Management Guideline
Authors: Department of Defense   
File name:pubdocstandardsDoD_password_management.txt.Z 
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Abstract: This publication, "Department of Defense Password
management Guideline," is being issued by the DoD Computer
Security Center (DoDCSC) under the authority of and in accordance
with DoD Directive 5215.1, "Computer Security Evaluation Center."
The guidelines described in this document provide a set of good
practices elated to the use of password-based user authentication
mechanisms in automatic data processing systems employed for
processing classified and other sensitive information. Point of
contact concerning this publication is the Office of Standards
and Products, Attention: Chief, Computer Security Standards.