Tag Archives: password policies

The password problem

Posted on November 27, 2009 by samurai

Odds are good if you’ve reached this blog, you have an account on at least one website somewhere on the wild wild web. This account could be on a web application ranging from something as critical as a finical institution … Continue reading →

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Reading Rainbow: Episode 8

Posted on June 7, 2008 by samurai

Restrictive passwords make cracking more difficult by requiring that users use a wider range of characters; however, can restrictive password policies actually decrease time required to crack? This blog goes into the math behind it. http://lukenotricks.blogspot.com/2008/03/more-on-counting-restrictive-password.htm Mozilla has a new … Continue reading →

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