Yes, I assume they can sort by hashed password, and actually my question is how they ended up with "common password" if Hotmail encrypted the password. If there is a decrypt function, then I am curious how secure it is being hosted.
And I suppose they are here to study the pattern, which included related passwords, eg. 123456 qualify as linear f(x) = x, therefore 1234567 will also be categorized as the same thing for study, no? If I am a hacker, I am interested in the pattern more than just common passwords, and for a security expert to counter hackers, would they be studying the pattern instead of general `common passwords`? Or provide suggestion on those pattern, instead of just some isolated password case?
I thought those passwords are encrypted, so how do they get the list of those common password?
And isn't `recover your password` questions are common/flawed as having password in place?
I guess there might be other strategy for MS to make this change.
One thing I can think of is to have IE bundled with Windows, so they can ship and enable IE by default for better experience.
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Yes, I assume they can sort by hashed password, and actually my question is how they ended up with "common password" if Hotmail encrypted the password. If there is a decrypt function, then I am curious how secure it is being hosted.
And I suppose they are here to study the pattern, which included related passwords, eg. 123456 qualify as linear f(x) = x, therefore 1234567 will also be categorized as the same thing for study, no?
If I am a hacker, I am interested in the pattern more than just common passwords, and for a security expert to counter hackers, would they be studying the pattern instead of general `common passwords`? Or provide suggestion on those pattern, instead of just some isolated password case?
Therefore, keygen for SSH is OpenID?
I thought those passwords are encrypted, so how do they get the list of those common password? And isn't `recover your password` questions are common/flawed as having password in place?
I guess there might be other strategy for MS to make this change. One thing I can think of is to have IE bundled with Windows, so they can ship and enable IE by default for better experience.