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Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:08:04 -0500 |
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> Michael Mol<mikemol@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> I'm seriously unconvinced that concatenating words significantly |
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>> increases the difficulty of the problem. Just as a mentalist will |
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>> presume you're thinking about '7', your average demographic would |
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>> probably draw from a small pool of source words, even latching on to |
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>> catchphrases and other memes. You're likely to see |
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>> "steamingmonkeypile", "nyanyanyan", "dontsaycandleja-" and |
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>> "hasturhasturhast-" used more than once, for example. I'd give a |
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>> better list of likely results, but I don't want to run too far afoul |
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>> of good taste in public posting. :) |
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> I agree. Longer pass{words,phrases} only increases the difficulty of |
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> the problem, but not significantly so. |
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I use those online password strength testers. I don't use the exact |
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characters tho. I replace a character with a similar one. I may |
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replace the letter A with the letter Z. I leave cases the same tho |
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since they make a difference. I at least try to get them to 100% and |
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for sites like my bank, I add a few more weird characters for good measure. |
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The password I use for my banks has both upper and lower case, a few |
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numbers and some of the thingys above the numbers on the top row. You |
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know, !@#$%^&*(). Mine is reasonably long but it is not based on |
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anything related to me. It's just sort of a random thing that I can |
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remember pretty well but HATE to type in. That's why I like Lastpass. |
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It fills them in for me so that I can have a really nice strong password |
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but I don't have to type it in each time. |
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On a security related question. Why does so many people have their |
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facebook accounts and other similar sites hacked? Do hackers just guess |
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their passwords or do they break into the websites? I have facebook, |
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myspace, google+ and a couple others and have had them for years. I |
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have never had mine hacked into, at least not yet. I'm just curious. |
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Is it a windoze thing? lol |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! |
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