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Strong Passwords Not As Good As You Think

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the still-better-than-'password' dept.

Jamie noticed that Bruce Schneier wrote a piece on a paper on strong passwords that tells us that the old 'strong password' advice that many of us (myself included) regard as gospel might not be as true as we had hoped. They make things hard on users, but are useless against phishing and keyloggers. Everyone can change their password back to 'trustno1' now.

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  1. Re:News at 11 by Deadstick · · Score: 5, Funny
    on my cubical wall

    Most of mine are planar...

    rj

  2. Re:News at 11 by sfarmstrong · · Score: 5, Funny

    I know! And "Area51" is like the only dictionary-like password within the constraints you describe, so I can crack the system in a single guess! And I'm practically guaranteed to get classified information with that kind of password!