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Re: Password Pride - A Humorous Vulnerability
From: RS <rsoftin () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:07:41 +0530
So you men to say i shouldn't tell anyone in bar that password for my gmail account is 53cure53rv3r ;) ./RS On 1/20/07, Dixon, Wayne <wcdixo () aurora lib il us> wrote:
So you mean, I shouldn't put this into my latest PHP project? Oh man... I was looking forward to giving my passwords out... I'll have to go and find something else to do... Maybe I'll destroy some USB memory sticks or something.... Wayne -----Original Message----- From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of Marcus Valsecchi Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:34 PM To: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: ENC: Password Pride - A Humorous Vulnerability Try this, just for some laughs. This one is a classic, btw. Print a sign with this: "Password creativity (or strength, or whatever suits you) Contest! We are awarding a *put a prize here* for the *put a number here* most creative/strong/whatever *desired account type* passwords! Just write down your login name and password, put it in this box down here, and the prize can be yours!" You got the idea. Especially suited for college/high school environments. Don't try this at home kids. On 1/18/07, Miguel Valentin <valentinousn () verizon net> wrote: > I would say you just encountered another moron that doesn't belong in > the I/T field!! lol... it happnes and it can happen to you as well :-p next time be carefull when you will talk to someone ;) > > -----Original Message----- > From: listbounce () securityfocus com > [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On > Behalf Of andy cuff > Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 12:26 PM > To: security-basics () securityfocus com > Subject: Password Pride - A Humorous Vulnerability > > I thought I'd share a recent observation with the list. > > I was in a bar in San Francisco where my English accent has a habit of > stimulating conversation with total strangers, in this case it was > with a webmaster (sadly not webmistress) of a dubious website hosted > in Amsterdam (I don't think I need to expand on the nature of the > site;) I mentioned that I > > was passionate about Information Security, whereupon, he proceeded to > tell me his root password, as he was so proud about how hard it would > be to crack! If > this was an isolated incident I wouldn't mention it. However, these > instances > are becoming ever more frequent, is it my trustworthy face or are others > experiencing similar errors of judgement? > > Best Regards > > -- > Andy Cuff > Computer Network Defence Ltd > www.SecurityWizardry.com > > > > > > -- --------------------------------------- http://www.secgeeks.com get a blog on secgeeks :) register here:- http://secgeeks.com/user/register rss feeds :- http://secgeeks.com/node/feed Submit you security articles,send them to secgeek () secgeeks com http://www.newskicks.com Submit and kick for new stories from all around the world. ---------------------------------------
Current thread:
- ENC: Password Pride - A Humorous Vulnerability Marcus Valsecchi (Jan 19)
- RE: Password Pride - A Humorous Vulnerability Dixon, Wayne (Jan 22)
- Re: Password Pride - A Humorous Vulnerability Melissa (Jan 22)
- RE: Password Pride - A Humorous Vulnerability David Gillett (Jan 23)
- Re: Password Pride - A Humorous Vulnerability RS (Jan 22)
- RE: Password Pride - A Humorous Vulnerability Murda Mcloud (Jan 23)
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- Re: Password Pride - A Humorous Vulnerability Melissa (Jan 22)
- RE: Password Pride - A Humorous Vulnerability Dixon, Wayne (Jan 22)
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