How often do you change your administrator/root password?

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Published on 2010-03-25T17:24:47Z Indexed on 2010/03/25 17:33 UTC
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I have a bad habit of rarely changing the administrator password in my domain. The passwords I do use are pretty good but I want to be more consistent on this.

What do you think is a good frequency? Every 6 months perhaps?

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