[brlug-general] Email passwords are.. special?

[Kevin Kreamer]

Dustin Puryear wrote:
> What are your thoughts on whether email accounts should be separate
> from normal network accounts? Pros? Cons? Should companies just not
> allow external access to email via POP or IMAP and just require
> Webmail access so users have to manually enter passwords? Does that
> solve the real problem? I'm interested in hearing what everyone has to
> say.

I'm going to add here the opinion that if your network security relies
on the security of non-admin user passwords, you've already got
problems.  Likewise if your admins pick insecure passwords or write them
down in sticky notes.

Kevin