Re: Ten miskeyings and it's toast ...
A requirement of FIPS 140-2 certification I believe.
Also, if you tell people to use an 8 digit pin I imagine the majority will use a date with a 4 digit year. If they pick one from the last 100 years that's only 36,525 ish combinations to try so it would be cracked in under a day.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
