Do not use personal information. You should never use personal information as a part of your password. It is very easy for someone to guess things like your last name, pet's name, child's birth date and other similar details.
Do not use real words. There are tools available to help attackers guess your password. With today's computing power, it doesn't take long to try every word in the dictionary and find your password.
Mix different character types. You can make a password much more secure by mixing different types of characters. Use some uppercase letters along with lowercase letters, numbers and even special characters such as '&' or '%'.
Use a passphrase. Rather than trying to remember a password created using various character types which is also not a word from the dictionary, you can use a passphrase. Think up a sentence or a line from a song or poem that you like and create a password using the first letter from each word.
A device that is strongly encrypted can be stolen or lost. That should buy you enough time to change all your passwords.
I use Truecrypt in combination with KeepassX on a USB stick. I keep a backup at home, just in case. Each time I update or add a password, I sync the 2 devices.
I generate all my passwords with pwgen (pwgen -sy to be exact) and I use the maximum authorized password length that a site provides. For example, Google allows up to 100 characters.
The USB device itself is encrypted with a strong password and several keyfiles, that I only know where to find.
An alternative is to use steganography to store all your passwords. Linux offers steghide, which is quite easy to use.
Hardware is so cheap, that you don't need the cloud.
Run your own mail server, file server, etc. free and use strong authentication combine with encryption.
Linux has it all. Use it.
Programming languages are becoming more and more accessible. I'm thinking Ruby.
Understanding the syntax and reading the book doesn't make you a good programmer. Sure, you'll be able to write some utility, but it takes years of practice, understanding of low level architecture and talent to be a good programmer or hacker.
I don't have that skill. I tried, but I'm too impatient and I have to admit I lose intrest after a while. Since I know I don't have that talent, I leave it to those who have it and I thank them. Thank you Linux devs. We love you.
"The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment. That I do not intend to permit to the extent that it is in my control. And no official of my Administration, whether his rank is high or low, civilian or military, should interpret my words here tonight as an excuse to censor the news, to stifle dissent, to cover up our mistakes or to withhold from the press and the public the facts they deserve to know."
President John F. Kennedy, April 27, 1961
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Catch my drift?
Right on the money. Change policy to save severance costs.
Not necessarily. If you are working on some code, you can commit it whenever. No need to be connected to a VPN all day.
Sometimes you work overtime. Sometimes things quiet down and you work less. This 40 our bullshit is medieval, especially in the IT industry.
Laws are for sheeple.
Do not use personal information. You should never use personal information as a part of your password. It is very easy for someone to guess things like your last name, pet's name, child's birth date and other similar details.
Do not use real words. There are tools available to help attackers guess your password. With today's computing power, it doesn't take long to try every word in the dictionary and find your password.
Mix different character types. You can make a password much more secure by mixing different types of characters. Use some uppercase letters along with lowercase letters, numbers and even special characters such as '&' or '%'.
Use a passphrase. Rather than trying to remember a password created using various character types which is also not a word from the dictionary, you can use a passphrase. Think up a sentence or a line from a song or poem that you like and create a password using the first letter from each word.
Then again, viruses only affect Windows and Mac machines. There are only a very few viruses that affect Linux.
A device that is strongly encrypted can be stolen or lost. That should buy you enough time to change all your passwords. I use Truecrypt in combination with KeepassX on a USB stick. I keep a backup at home, just in case. Each time I update or add a password, I sync the 2 devices. I generate all my passwords with pwgen (pwgen -sy to be exact) and I use the maximum authorized password length that a site provides. For example, Google allows up to 100 characters. The USB device itself is encrypted with a strong password and several keyfiles, that I only know where to find. An alternative is to use steganography to store all your passwords. Linux offers steghide, which is quite easy to use.
Just post some nice pictures on a forum and embed your message. Put your data in plain sight.
It's following the same course as Microsoft. I'll stick with Linux Mint for now.
Hardware is so cheap, that you don't need the cloud. Run your own mail server, file server, etc. free and use strong authentication combine with encryption. Linux has it all. Use it.
Programming languages are becoming more and more accessible. I'm thinking Ruby. Understanding the syntax and reading the book doesn't make you a good programmer. Sure, you'll be able to write some utility, but it takes years of practice, understanding of low level architecture and talent to be a good programmer or hacker. I don't have that skill. I tried, but I'm too impatient and I have to admit I lose intrest after a while. Since I know I don't have that talent, I leave it to those who have it and I thank them. Thank you Linux devs. We love you.
Windows is user-friendly, while *NIX is usable.
It never has been. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBdk5n68gdM
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"The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment. That I do not intend to permit to the extent that it is in my control. And no official of my Administration, whether his rank is high or low, civilian or military, should interpret my words here tonight as an excuse to censor the news, to stifle dissent, to cover up our mistakes or to withhold from the press and the public the facts they deserve to know." President John F. Kennedy, April 27, 1961
"Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance." Sun Tzu
Zed is ded.
As in "happy"?
Are your referring to the Higgs Bozo particle?
What about your cat's name?
Use rutube. No censorship. No rules.
Without providing credentials?
http://tiny.cc/vl9qhw
Why are they allowed to look at a Linux kernel?