nrfamxwqgemasseyacnz email earlier week please advised passwords maximum 8 characters length thanks kind regards barbie original message yerkovich barbie sent monday 28 april 2008 1157 guwvbfvyofgmasseyacnz subject important message staff password policy change kiaora please aware university updating electronic password policy full copy policy copied also found httppolicyguidemasseyacnzmasseyaboutusprofilepolicyguidepol iciesinformationtechnologyelectronicpasswordpolicycfm please take time read familiarise policy make required changes passwords enforced time affect university staff new policy requires passwords following characteristics least eight characters contain upper lower case characters least one digit one punctuation character must found dictionary common use slang word must computer term name program site company name etc must contain words massey password derivation must contain birthdays phone numbers personal information must use word number patterns aaabbb qwerty zyxwvuts 123321 etc must use spelt backwards must use preceded followed digit eg secret1 1secret passwords must changed initial default value first time new user logs least every six months thereafter questions please contact discuss20 kind regards barbie yerkovich manager massey university albany private bag 102 904 nsmc auckland new zealand email nrfamxwqgemasseyacnz phone 64 9 4140800 x9476 fax 64 9 4418100 massey university fri 08 aug 2008 191152 1200 important message staff password policy change