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Re: Password Management
From: Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:25:43 +0200
On 2006-04-24 cv.arun () yahoo com wrote:
Microsoft recently released a link to help you choose "good passwords" http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/privacy/password_checker.mspx
Which is absolutely ridiculous. Pages like this one tell users that it's okay to enter their passwords into web-forms as long as they have "password-check" written on them. And about "good passwords": alwobljrrekcoaloenyalwz -> weak Password -> medium Password1 -> strong Yeah, right. Regards Ansgar Wiechers -- "All vulnerabilities deserve a public fear period prior to patches becoming available." --Jason Coombs on Bugtraq ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This List Sponsored by: Webroot Don't leave your confidential company and customer records un-protected. Try Webroot's Spy Sweeper Enterprise(TM) for 30 days for FREE with no obligation. See why so many companies trust Spy Sweeper Enterprise to eradicate spyware from their networks. FREE 30-Day Trial of Spy Sweeper Enterprise http://www.webroot.com/forms/enterprise_lead.php --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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