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Synopsis: Approach security holistically.
It doesn't make much sense to have a complicated password scheme, but grant access to your hard disk or file system to everyone on the network.
Therefore, you need to choose your passwords in accordance with your overall approach to security. If necessary, plug other security holes while you develop your password scheme.
(As should be obvious then, this Password pattern language needs to be embedded in a larger context of system security. However, here we focus on passwords only and assume this context considered elsewhere.)
Next pattern: Stay Current And Ahead
Contributors: Dirk Riehle
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