Re: FAQ: How can I generate good strong passwords?

From: Rico (rico_001_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/13/05

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    In article <kiA3f.138197$qY1.68955@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote:
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    >In <R3A3f.16265$Yl.4588@bignews4.bellsouth.net> on Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:16:58
    >GMT, rico_001@hotmail.com (Rico) wrote:
    >
    >>One could always generate a GUID and use that. Very very difficult to
    >>reproduce and I would suspect fairly resistant to a brute force attack.
    >>...
    >
    >But might well be vulnerable to some other form of attack. Since GUID isn't
    >designed and tested for security, it's dangerous to make such assumptions, and
    >thus not a good idea to use it.
    >

    Well ultimately I suspect any password can be cracked given enough CPU
    poser and time. With that in mind, any password will be a weak point in
    security. Seems I recall seeing an article on /. some months back about the
    FBI being able to crack passwords in minutes to a few hours.
    Again though I am not trying to suggest a GUID is perfect nor invulnerable,
    judt the routine I offered is an easy way to generate a fairly good random
    password without going nuts over the issue. I like you though recommend
    Password Safe as perhaps the best solution within reason.

    fundamentalism, fundamentally wrong.

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