Nice little article on password security
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 07:06:59 GMT
Came across this little read the other day.
Nothing mind blowing, but it did remind me of some very basic things about
passwords.
After reading, I whipped out and ran john on some password files of mine
only to find I had about 5 accounts with terrbile passwords :o
http://www.voidyourwarranty.net/review.php?reviewid=PCSecurity-Part1
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