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Re: Passwords & Passphrases
From: David Harley <dharley () SMALLBLUE-GREENWORLD CO UK>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:29:43 -0000
It's also somewhat common in viruses to have a built-in password list as an attack vector.
Not just viruses. It's a common bot feature, though the lists tend to be fairly short and are, obviously, very generic. -- David Harley CISSP, Small Blue-Green World Security Author/Editor/Consultant/Researcher AVIEN Administrator - http://www.avien.org Blogs: http://blogs.securiteam.com, http://dharley.wordpress.com/ AVIEN book: http://www.smallblue-greenworld.co.uk/Avien.html
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- Re: Passwords & Passphrases, (continued)
- Re: Passwords & Passphrases Peters, Kevin (Nov 20)
- Re: Passwords & Passphrases Mike Porter (Nov 20)
- Re: Passwords & Passphrases Willis Marti (Nov 20)
- Re: Passwords & Passphrases Bob Bayn (Nov 20)
- Re: Passwords & Passphrases Steven Carmody (Nov 20)
- Re: Passwords & Passphrases Roger Safian (Nov 20)
- Re: Passwords & Passphrases Harold Winshel (Nov 20)
- Re: Passwords & Passphrases Steven Alexander (Nov 20)
- Re: Passwords & Passphrases John Ladwig (Nov 20)
- Re: Passwords & Passphrases Ozzie Paez (Nov 20)
- Re: Passwords & Passphrases David Harley (Nov 20)
- Re: Passwords & Passphrases Zach Jansen (Nov 20)
- Re: Passwords & Passphrases Gary Flynn (Nov 20)
- Re: Passwords & Passphrases Matthew Gracie (Nov 20)
- Re: Fwd: Passwords & Passphrases Andrea Beesing (Nov 20)
- Re: Passwords & Passphrases Eric Case (Nov 21)
- Re: Passwords & Passphrases Andrea Beesing (Nov 25)
- Re: Passwords & Passphrases Kees Leune (Nov 26)
- Re: Passwords & Passphrases Paul Keser (Nov 26)