Secure your network, NSA-style


	Secure your network, NSA-style

jarek69

1-5-2007 2:11 PM

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1-5-2007 6:51 PM

ghiberti

[...] urging you, for example, to enforce a password history of at least 24 different 12+ character passwords, swapping out passwords at least once every 90 days.

Doesn't everybody do this as standard already?

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<P>If you're nutso for network security, the NSA's 60 Minute Network Security Guide PDF (yes, <EM>that</EM> NSA) should get your network up to brick wall status in - apparently - 60 minutes.</p> <P>The guide, which checks in at just under 50 pages, is serious about airtight network security, urging you, for example, to enforce a password history of at least 24 different 12+ character passwords, swapping out passwords at least once every 90 days.  The free PDF covers Windows and Unix security setups.  If you give it a look, let us know how your network measures up to the NSA's specifications in the comments. <SPAN class="byline">— Adam Pash</SPAN></p> <DIV class="related">
<A href="http://www.nsa.gov/snac/support/I33-011R-2006.pdf">The 60 Minute Network Security Guide</A> [NSA via <A href="http://www.treelimb.org/?p=130">Treelimb</A>]
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