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MS Employee Calls for No More Passwords

Posted by Zonk on from the wise-man-in-a-unique-position dept.

BobPaul writes "On his blog, Robert Hensing of the Microsoft PSS Security Team makes a really convincing argument for the abolishment of complicated passwords. He argues that precomputed hash tables, network sniffing, and programs like LoftCrack make passwords obsolete and dangerous in the windows environment. What does he recommend in their place? Passphrases: sentences and quotes that are easy to remember but may be more than 30 or 40 characters in length. With many companies requiring frequent password changes, (and we know exactly where that leads) this is a simple idea I'm surprised more people haven't been doing this more often."

3 of 614 comments (clear)

  1. Really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well I call for a pussy to eat, and it doesn't happen, so tough shit.

  2. For anyone still looking for a Gmail account... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I have posted 500 of them at the site below. Yes, 500. Google is handing them out to the current users like crazy now. There's no reason everyone shouldn't have one now....enjoy.

    http://www.jiggybyte.com/Gmail

  3. Re:And... by Karma+Farmer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Strange... I use "I love [inert your mom's name]"