Re: looking for a webapp bruteforce video for non-techies

[pand0ra <pand0ra.usa () gmail com>]

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On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 7:42 AM, Robin Wood <dninja () gmail com> wrote:
> Hi
> Can anyone recommend a video showing how easy it can be to brute force
> a web application that I can show to non-technical people. I want
> something quick and polite - preferably no leet speak banners or that
> type of thing - that I can show to both board level people and just
> generally to friends and family who chose bad passwords for web
> applications.
>
> I've just been with a client who, after being told a dictionary word
> was bad, just put a 3 in instead of an e and thought she was
> completely secure. It didn't help that the password was only 5
> characters!
>
> Thanks
>
> Robin
>
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