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I have one system where the password is a minimum of 26 characters. There can be nothing sequential anywhere in the password (123 or abc). Said password MUST be changed every 90 days and cannot be remotely similar to any of the previous 10 passwords. I got very frustrated one time when changing the password because the new password I entered wasn't allowed because it was "Too similar to previous password;" the part that pissed me off was that not a single character in the old password existed in the password I was attempting to change to. That system almost ate a hammer that day...