The system allows login with ssh from ssh1 and ssh2 clients.

Passwords

1. More secure passwords are

• long (the first 8 characters are recognized)
• multiple words that are combined or arranged in an unusual manner
• words from multiple languages, combined in a unique way
• composed of different kinds of characters, such as digits and punctuation
• combinations of the above

2. Easy/trivial passwords are

• short
• single words from a dictionary
• the same as the account name, or the account name spelled backwards
• the name of the user's department or project
• the user's name or initials
• the license number of the user's car, a spouse or friend's name, the user's home address, phone number, age, or other obvious information
• obvious -- for example, "top secret," "secret," "private," "password," "friend," "key," "god," "me," and so on

3. Passwords must

• be changed at regular intervals
• be changed whenever someone else may have got hold of it
• never be given to someone else