Nomen Nescio
2014-04-26 03:40:11 UTC
In article <***@anonymitaet-im-
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A password is only as secure as the environment that originates,
transmits, stores and "protects" it.
I can have your Windows, MAC or Unix passwords regardless of
complexity in a couple of minutes once I get access to certain
files. There are ways to make this more difficult, and a smart
administrator will, but eventually even those measures will be
defeated.
Should you give up and use password123 for everything?
Absolutely not. A complex password makes it more difficult for
an unskilled attacker, and increases the odds that they will be
discovered before they can make off with the goods.
If you've ever been visited by a skilled "hacker" as the
unlearned and unclean call them, you'll never know it anyway.
Fortunately there are more white hats than there are black ones,
but those in black are formidable and should never be casually
dismissed.
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With so many sites being hacked and giving away the passwords of their
users, why should I drive myself bonkers creating a "secure" password
that I might forget? If I create a password such as All My Cows Love
Pizza, do you really think one of my friends or co-workers is going to
guess that? As for a hacker cracking it, I am only one of millions on
the Web/Usenet. Chances are I won't come to the attention of any one
of them. Why bother screwing with me when they can screw with some
site that will give them thousands or millions of passwords? I think
more people have forgotten passwords like z207$/SJu3 or zH3,&nIOnz and
locked themselves out of their own systems than were hacked by
hackers.
I think All My Cows Love Pizza is sufficient
?
Unnecessary really.users, why should I drive myself bonkers creating a "secure" password
that I might forget? If I create a password such as All My Cows Love
Pizza, do you really think one of my friends or co-workers is going to
guess that? As for a hacker cracking it, I am only one of millions on
the Web/Usenet. Chances are I won't come to the attention of any one
of them. Why bother screwing with me when they can screw with some
site that will give them thousands or millions of passwords? I think
more people have forgotten passwords like z207$/SJu3 or zH3,&nIOnz and
locked themselves out of their own systems than were hacked by
hackers.
I think All My Cows Love Pizza is sufficient
?
A password is only as secure as the environment that originates,
transmits, stores and "protects" it.
I can have your Windows, MAC or Unix passwords regardless of
complexity in a couple of minutes once I get access to certain
files. There are ways to make this more difficult, and a smart
administrator will, but eventually even those measures will be
defeated.
Should you give up and use password123 for everything?
Absolutely not. A complex password makes it more difficult for
an unskilled attacker, and increases the odds that they will be
discovered before they can make off with the goods.
If you've ever been visited by a skilled "hacker" as the
unlearned and unclean call them, you'll never know it anyway.
Fortunately there are more white hats than there are black ones,
but those in black are formidable and should never be casually
dismissed.