Security Myths and Passwords
Eugene Spafford at Purdue's Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security - periodic password changes not only do not increase security, they may actually decrease it because they cause users to write down their passwords. One commentor stated the one case where periodic changes can be beneficial. They provide a time limit for access by someone who has discovered a password without anyone knowing about it. Slashdot discussion. [slashdot]
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