[Fwd: Re: Co-op Bank and Verified by Visa]

[Roland Perry]

In article <4A3D2BB5.8080402 at ernest.net>, Nicholas Bohm 
<nbohm at ernest.net> writes
>I can memorise complex passwords that have to be entered in full, or use
>an encrypted vault; but passwords where I may have to enter the 1st, 4th
>and 7th characters have to be simple enough to count along while
>remembering them, or have to be written down where I can number the
>characters, all of which makes for poor conventional security.

I was asked recently for the "5th, 6th & 7th" characters of a password. 
If they'd said "the last three" (which it was) it would have avoided 
lots of counting on my fingers while reciting it in my head, as I worked 
out what they were.
-- 
Roland Perry