This Article Recent media attention on computer break-ins demonstrates once again the dynamic conflict between networking and security. Networking enhances communication.
Security restricts it.
A case can be made that the first line of defense against the abuse of either is the common password. NT has several uncommon password features. The casual user often considers their password to be an annoying but necessary part of their login procedure. They do not think in terms of a coherent, comprehensive password policy, as a system administrator must. Users are exhorted to select good passwords that are easily remembered, not easily guessed, sufficiently long, obscure, and never shared.