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RE: Passwords That Hackers Love - 2/12/2010 3:44:07 AM
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keithyhuntington
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::changes all his passwords::
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RE: Passwords That Hackers Love - 2/12/2010 6:42:26 AM
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::changes all his passwords::
I bet you were using "princess"
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RE: Passwords That Hackers Love - 2/12/2010 6:46:04 AM
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"Password" is another commonly used password also.
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RE: Passwords That Hackers Love - 2/12/2010 9:26:34 AM
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That's just some of the easy hacks! Not to mention some who use the same password in multiple places. Allowing one who may manage a forums board for an example, to hack say your eBay account. After seeing some hacking tools in action, most passwords less then eight characters can be hacked within 20 minutes. Where as a password at least 8 characters long, that is made up of a combination of numbers, symbols, capital and small case letters, can take take as long as 20 days (running 24/7) to hack. Ummmmm, Wonder why high security places require employees to change their pass word weekly?
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RE: Passwords That Hackers Love - 2/12/2010 10:34:46 AM
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Hey Keith--haven't seen you around lately!
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RE: Passwords That Hackers Love - 2/12/2010 11:55:10 AM
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psaulm119
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I always said, if you are going to use your kids' names as a password, be sure to give them at least one non-alphanumeric character in their name, as well as one numeral as well. That, combined with the upper- and lower-case letters in their name, will make it a strong password.
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RE: Passwords That Hackers Love - 2/12/2010 1:05:09 PM
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davelinde
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My child is named )33?Y~vdoQ?FI{ϩ$/v>AZ, and his sister is B/ѾK;wӏs:Bh?iqnY?p.
Reminds me of the joke about little Bobby Tables... the kid named
Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;
Still not sure why I find that so funny but I do...
btw - my passwords are now required to change frequently, be at least 8 characters, include upper AND lower case, alpha AND numeric, and one or more special characters. That means they all get written down on paper now...
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RE: Passwords That Hackers Love - 2/12/2010 1:36:27 PM
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Consecrated2God
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I've actually "password" before. (Don't try hacking me now--I don't use it anymore!)
The hardest part about being secure is that it makes it hard to remember. You're not supposed to use dictionary words, or use the same password on multiple sites. You're not supposed to write them down, but you're supposed to change them periodically. I doubt most people can keep all that information in their heads.
One suggestion might be to use a dictionary word that is related to the site for memory purposes, but change it up by adding in symbols for some of the characters. For example, if had an account at a sports site (which I don't--I hate sports) I could use p@tyonM@2ning for a password. It would be (I think) hard to guess but fairly easy to remember.
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RE: Passwords That Hackers Love - 2/12/2010 1:39:05 PM
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An early attempt at SQL injection (a hacking method to destroy all student records in this instance).
It is only funny if you are a tech-head.
HAHAHA!
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ORIGINAL: jhuperetes
My child is named )33?Y~vdoQ?FI{ϩ$/v>AZ, and his sister is B/ѾK;wӏs:Bh?iqnY?p.
Reminds me of the joke about little Bobby Tables... the kid named
Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;
Still not sure why I find that so funny but I do...
btw - my passwords are now required to change frequently, be at least 8 characters, include upper AND lower case, alpha AND numeric, and one or more special characters. That means they all get written down on paper now...
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RE: Passwords That Hackers Love - 2/12/2010 1:53:46 PM
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Consecrated2God
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That's a neat idea!
I suppose the bad part about sharing ideas for creating passwords is that the hackers will be taking note, too.
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RE: Passwords That Hackers Love - 2/12/2010 2:24:13 PM
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I used a simple javascript to create some very random passwords: here.
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RE: Passwords That Hackers Love - 2/12/2010 2:40:58 PM
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psaulm119
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We create strong passwords by taking hte first letter of each word from a phrase/verse in the Bible, then making some letters uppercase. The numbers would then be teh citation, and a nice nonalphanumeric key that is somehow easy to remember as well. You could do this with nursery rhymes, anything really, but of course Bible verses are easy for us to remember, and heck, recalling a bit of scripture whenever you log in isn't really a bad idea now is it?
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RE: Passwords That Hackers Love - 2/12/2010 3:06:15 PM
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The hardest part about being secure is that it makes it hard to remember. You're not supposed to use dictionary words, or use the same password on multiple sites. You're not supposed to write them down, but you're supposed to change them periodically. I doubt most people can keep all that information in their heads.
That's why I use KeePass. I'm pretty sure someone on the forums here recommended it to me. I only have to remember one, master password.
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RE: Passwords That Hackers Love - 2/12/2010 7:06:48 PM
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The hardest part about being secure is that it makes it hard to remember. You're not supposed to use dictionary words, or use the same password on multiple sites. You're not supposed to write them down, but you're supposed to change them periodically. I doubt most people can keep all that information in their heads.
That's why I use KeePass. I'm pretty sure someone on the forums here recommended it to me. I only have to remember one, master password.
I like Keepass. They have a BlackBerry component.
I use SplashId. Has a desktop component, and a BB component, so I only have to remember one. It has a password generator. You can set it up to choose pronounceabilty, difficulty and such. Heck, I barely remember my passwords now.
With what I have to do (including church website and social networking notifications), I easily have more than a hundred passwords to access at least somewhat frequently. Having them with me all the time is very helpful.
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RE: Passwords That Hackers Love - 2/12/2010 8:16:22 PM
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If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It HackMe
The New York Times reports that nearly 1 percent of 32 million people in a study had used "123456" as a password. The second-most-popular password was "12345." Others in the top 20 included "qwerty," "abc123" and "princess."
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/108641/If-your-password-is-123456-just-make-it-hack-me.html?mod=family-love_money.
12345? Amazing! I have the exact same combination on my luggage.
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RE: Passwords That Hackers Love - 2/15/2010 11:21:54 PM
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I have so many passwords that if I had to change them all the time, like they say you are supposed to, I'd have to kill myself! LOL I don't think a hacker would be able to get my password easily but then you never know. I don't have anything you guys would be able to figure out and some, like someone said, relate to the site I am on, like a cooking site for instance. I have a little tiny address book that has all my passwords in it and other computer related things. Sometimes I need it, most of the time I don't. I have a program where when I go on a site, everything comes on the screen when I log on. It's cool and very handy. I didn't have it on my old computer and I am glad I have it on this one.
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RE: Passwords That Hackers Love - 2/16/2010 3:40:29 AM
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ORIGINAL: jhuperetes
My child is named )33?Y~vdoQ?FI{ϩ$/v>AZ, and his sister is B/ѾK;wӏs:Bh?iqnY?p.
Reminds me of the joke about little Bobby Tables... the kid named
Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;
Still not sure why I find that so funny but I do...
btw - my passwords are now required to change frequently, be at least 8 characters, include upper AND lower case, alpha AND numeric, and one or more special characters. That means they all get written down on paper now...
it won't let me put an image in here. but here's your sql joke by the great stickfigurecomic at xkcd :)
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/exploits_of_a_mom.png
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