Use keepassx. Usernames and password won't be stored into your browser and that could be annoying but you'll always be able to paste them into any login form. Or at least I never experienced any problem. There is also an Android version and you can copy the password db file among devices (dropbox or manual file copy).
Keepass doesn't work for certain sites. Certain sites still make you type everything in character by character.
The only reason to restrict password length is to facilitate an inside job. Passwords should go up to 300 characters.
I created a 300 character password for the hell of it in Linux. It was fine but so inconvenient to type that I switched to 30 or so. Also there is no real security benefit beyond bragging rights of being able to memorize garbage like those people who memorize Pi.
I used my online banking today and they limit to 8 characters EXACTLY... even though they demand a non alpha-numeric character and mixed case. I keep thinking, these idiots still don't get it. Also, obligatory.
There is really no reason not to use one time passwords for banking. The bank can email you a new password or text it to your phone every time you verify your identity with them.
I typically use a 25 character password as an absolute minimum. I memorize the whole thing and it's easy for me to remember this stuff for some reason (I must be gifted). I don't remember it at first but when you gotta type something in every few minutes to install anything or do anything you remember it.
I haven't had a reason to use a 48 character password but I would have no problem remembering it if I needed to. Linux for example does not seem to put restrictions on the length of your root password or your passwords for certain things. But certain websites are ridiculous. They want to practically tell you your password by restrictions. You can't use too many of this letter or that, you can't use a password longer than this but shorter than that, for fuck sake why don't they just give me my one time password to my email address which is secured by at least a 25 character password and be done with it?
Password length matters to brute force attacks - and if your application allows a brute force attack to happen, it is broken already, insecure by design.
Enforcing longer passwords will not improve security for real-life cases. Enforcing more cryptic passwords will actually reduce security for real-life cases. Why? Because people will need to type slower, making shoulder-surfing easier. People will start to write passwords down, and they will re-use passwords more often.
You can't solve this issue with simple solutions like "use longer passwords". The only thing that will do is make "password1234" the new standard instead of just "password".
You should get 10 chances to enter your password and then your data should self destruct if encrypted.
So this (just use an 8 character password) is for sissies. I also don't write my passwords down and they include special characters, large and small letters, numbers, and are completely random. It's not possible to crack a 25 random character password. I suggest everyone follow me and use 25 characters at least.
People believe in conspiracies because they don't have anyone in authority they can trust. It doesn't help when authority lies to them about virtually everything.
Yup, and Logic parsers, and decision tree diagrams, and appended tutorial tools for those who want or need them.
I was impressed with the idea that I could link to an authoritative source and it wold be integrated into the post. Good Math tools and statistics easily at hand might make it better. I still think there is a gap in the ability to FIND relevant info on subjects.
This is exactly what I was thinking. Btw do any logic parsers exist or did you just make it up?
At some point (probably 10-20 years from now) SSDs might eclipse spinning hard drives, but I wouldn't write them out of the picture TOO soon.
Idk, prices on SSDs have dropped a LOT. I mean 2 years back in Summer 2010, I got an 80GB Intel SSD for $215 and now I got a 240GB Intel SSD of comparable rank for $155 (last december, for some reason they raised the price on it now).
I feel that HDDs haven't done shit in capacity increases for some time now. If the doublings hold, I would say by 2020, we'll be seeing SSDs overtake HDD in capacity/price.
Microsoft should be scared shitless. I've done ONE test install of Windows 8, HATED it. I've been installing Linux Mint xfce edition (x64) all OVER the place. Love it. Same functionality as XP, more stable, quicker boot, better software selection out of box.
The ONLY problem with mint atm is that skype is not quite as good (go figure). If google steps up the game and gets google hangouts as good or better than skype and/or gotomeeting (the screen sharing in google is totally unusable right now), I don't see Microsoft as having a chance at all in any market.
At least not amongst the IT educated who see all the other options.
And Mac? How can any shop justify the pricing? LOL
Our sysadmins are all on nagios/android now with anag in particular. Most of us aren't even using linux except when we're doing the actual installs. Everything is android now. And the prices keep dropping.
It's game over. Microsoft and Apple are done, and I'm not going to miss them at all. Corporate scum bags should've been put out of their misery years ago. Especially apple with their drm crap. When I explain to apple users how they've been screwed by apple.... Which is not hard to do, they relook at my jellybean phone and tablet, realize that both of them TOGETHER are cheaper than an iphone, and instantly vow never to buy apple again.
I don't know a single person who has any feelings about Windows 8 other than abject hatred. NOBODY is switching to that here. Even on calls where a client got a new machine, their question is always, "How can I downgrade?" For the majority of them (non-gamers in particular), I convince them to use Mint xfce edition, and they couldn't be happier. Now with Steam growing it's library on Linux? The gamers are next. As soon as Civilization 2 comes to steam, I won't even need my old microXP VM any more!
These are good times for Linux, for open source, for human freedom, and for the tech industry. I for one welcome our new open source overlords.
PS Not to be an unabashed google fanboy. I disable google now everywhere I go (battery chewing spyware), as well as killing all the maps background data processes, etc.. Google is great, but only if you install android fresh and turn off all their spyware.
FLStudio still only runs in Windows. They still have a monopoly on that. They also have gaming.
You could argue C gives you all the rope you need as well.
I keep asking myself "what language should I learn that's accepted everywhere, doesn't have to be compiled for a particular processor, and has a truly cross platform UI". Javascript is it, with C coming in a heavily qualified second, Java most 3rd except for that fruit company (and I know Java, but hate it passionately).
Python is a better language than Javascript. Why did they choose Javascript over Python?
Python is a language which makes app writing very easy. It's very easy to write, read, debug. It's also very fast when used right or modified.
This decision in my opinion is one of the boneheaded decisions which will be Gnomes final nail on the coffin. They had a chance to rule the Linux desktop with Ubuntu and since Gnome 3.0 have threw it all away. Everything that made Gnome great with the 2x series seems to have been lost at 3x and their release schedule is so slow that we are probably going to be stuck on 3x for 10 years. Goodbye Gnome and welcome back KDE.
A switch to python at least would make sense. Python is the best language for apps. Who uses javascripts to write apps?
Gnome is officially dead. KDE has won.
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I went from using KDE exclusively to using Gnome exclusively back to using KDE exclusively.
The latest Gnome 3x sucks and is worse than the 2x series. The KDE 4x series is far superior to the flawed 3x series. KDE is on the right track with 5x while Gnome continues to stay on the wrong track doing things it's userbase isn't wanting it to do, taking features away which users love, "improving" the interface by making it harder to use or reducing flexibility.
Whoever is designing the Gnome interface sucks and this decision to choose Javascript over a language like Python, Ruby, or C#? Wtf are they thinking?
Is it somehow our responsibility to make sure everyone has an equal income at everything they choose to do? That sounds a lot like communism. Here is a tip: Musicians, along with many other kinds of businesses have struggled and failed since the beginning of time. It is not society's job to prop you up and support your hobby. If you're just not good enough to make it, go out and get a different job. Just like it isn't society's responsibility to support your failed business model. Can't compete with online markets? Too bad. Can't compete with big box stores? Too bad. Your greed and selfishness hurts consumers, and they are a larger group than you are.
I do artistic photography, do you know how many people are making a living at that? Outside of a few iconic photographers who have created books or sold a few sought after pictures, nobody. Bu I don't sit around pissing and moaning about it because I believe in personal responsibility. I do it because I enjoy it. If I ever made money from it, great, but despite it being my main interest, I realize I still have to put a roof over my head and food in my belly, so I go out and go to work.
Art is, for the most part, just not valuable to the main stream. There is no way around that.
Of course not but you shouldn't expect free stuff. How many of you have paid to subscribe to Slashdot to support this site?
If I were a musician I would have a website and sell my tracks as downloadable FLAC files and maybe as redbook CDs. If enough people buy your music then you can survive without a day job and life is good. Otherwise you'll need a day job. Fuck the record companies. They are not needed anymore.
Or if you do get a record contract for your first album only give them the rights to that album and then self-publish after that. Not for the money, because they will be making nearly all of that, but for the exposure.
Another alternative is crowdfunding. Once you have a few good tracks to show see how much you can get for a whole album with kickstarter or indiegogo.
It's the new millenium already. It's time for blood-sucking, greedy record companies to die.
People don't buy music anymore. Look at the numbers.
Getting paid while sitting on her ass not working and She still complains? Wow. I want to get paid 0.42 cents every time someone sends an email through one of the servers/routers/cables I installed. And my children, and their grand children, They should also be paid for that!
How do you think advertising or marketers get paid? I don't see why music shouldn't pay but web ads can pay for websites like Slashdot?
It's actually not even 42 cents. It's half a cent and that is the problem. If it were 10 cents a play no one would complain. It should pay at least as much as web advertising.
Stream directly from the artist to the fans. If an artist doesn't have an obscene amount of fans it will probably be profitable for the artist.
The problem is you'd still need something like Google to allow for a search mechanism. Streams don't produce much revenue and this has to change as streaming services figure out how to make more money.
Artists also can go to the services which pay the most money out when the industry develops. You just wont get the best music if you go to the wrong service.
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Use keepassx. Usernames and password won't be stored into your browser and that could be annoying but you'll always be able to paste them into any login form. Or at least I never experienced any problem. There is also an Android version and you can copy the password db file among devices (dropbox or manual file copy).
Keepass doesn't work for certain sites. Certain sites still make you type everything in character by character.
The only reason to restrict password length is to facilitate an inside job. Passwords should go up to 300 characters.
I created a 300 character password for the hell of it in Linux. It was fine but so inconvenient to type that I switched to 30 or so. Also there is no real security benefit beyond bragging rights of being able to memorize garbage like those people who memorize Pi.
Don't use a longer password, just use two factor authentication.
Use more than two factors and generate a one time password.
I used my online banking today and they limit to 8 characters EXACTLY... even though they demand a non alpha-numeric character and mixed case. I keep thinking, these idiots still don't get it. Also, obligatory.
There is really no reason not to use one time passwords for banking. The bank can email you a new password or text it to your phone every time you verify your identity with them.
Differential power analysis and side channel attacks. Do I have to go into details?
I typically use a 25 character password as an absolute minimum. I memorize the whole thing and it's easy for me to remember this stuff for some reason (I must be gifted). I don't remember it at first but when you gotta type something in every few minutes to install anything or do anything you remember it.
I haven't had a reason to use a 48 character password but I would have no problem remembering it if I needed to. Linux for example does not seem to put restrictions on the length of your root password or your passwords for certain things. But certain websites are ridiculous. They want to practically tell you your password by restrictions. You can't use too many of this letter or that, you can't use a password longer than this but shorter than that, for fuck sake why don't they just give me my one time password to my email address which is secured by at least a 25 character password and be done with it?
Password length matters to brute force attacks - and if your application allows a brute force attack to happen, it is broken already, insecure by design.
Enforcing longer passwords will not improve security for real-life cases. Enforcing more cryptic passwords will actually reduce security for real-life cases. Why? Because people will need to type slower, making shoulder-surfing easier. People will start to write passwords down, and they will re-use passwords more often.
You can't solve this issue with simple solutions like "use longer passwords". The only thing that will do is make "password1234" the new standard instead of just "password".
You should get 10 chances to enter your password and then your data should self destruct if encrypted.
So this (just use an 8 character password) is for sissies. I also don't write my passwords down and they include special characters, large and small letters, numbers, and are completely random. It's not possible to crack a 25 random character password. I suggest everyone follow me and use 25 characters at least.
People believe in conspiracies because they don't have anyone in authority they can trust. It doesn't help when authority lies to them about virtually everything.
Yup, and Logic parsers, and decision tree diagrams, and appended tutorial tools for those who want or need them.
I was impressed with the idea that I could link to an authoritative source and it wold be integrated into the post. Good Math tools and statistics easily at hand might make it better. I still think there is a gap in the ability to FIND relevant info on subjects.
This is exactly what I was thinking. Btw do any logic parsers exist or did you just make it up?
To improve upon that why not add propositional logic and analysis capabilities into it? Regular expressions?
Idk, prices on SSDs have dropped a LOT. I mean 2 years back in Summer 2010, I got an 80GB Intel SSD for $215 and now I got a 240GB Intel SSD of comparable rank for $155 (last december, for some reason they raised the price on it now).
I feel that HDDs haven't done shit in capacity increases for some time now. If the doublings hold, I would say by 2020, we'll be seeing SSDs overtake HDD in capacity/price.
Long before 2020.
Microsoft should be scared shitless. I've done ONE test install of Windows 8, HATED it. I've been installing Linux Mint xfce edition (x64) all OVER the place. Love it. Same functionality as XP, more stable, quicker boot, better software selection out of box.
The ONLY problem with mint atm is that skype is not quite as good (go figure). If google steps up the game and gets google hangouts as good or better than skype and/or gotomeeting (the screen sharing in google is totally unusable right now), I don't see Microsoft as having a chance at all in any market.
At least not amongst the IT educated who see all the other options.
And Mac? How can any shop justify the pricing? LOL
Our sysadmins are all on nagios/android now with anag in particular. Most of us aren't even using linux except when we're doing the actual installs. Everything is android now. And the prices keep dropping.
It's game over. Microsoft and Apple are done, and I'm not going to miss them at all. Corporate scum bags should've been put out of their misery years ago. Especially apple with their drm crap. When I explain to apple users how they've been screwed by apple.... Which is not hard to do, they relook at my jellybean phone and tablet, realize that both of them TOGETHER are cheaper than an iphone, and instantly vow never to buy apple again.
I don't know a single person who has any feelings about Windows 8 other than abject hatred. NOBODY is switching to that here. Even on calls where a client got a new machine, their question is always, "How can I downgrade?" For the majority of them (non-gamers in particular), I convince them to use Mint xfce edition, and they couldn't be happier. Now with Steam growing it's library on Linux? The gamers are next. As soon as Civilization 2 comes to steam, I won't even need my old microXP VM any more!
These are good times for Linux, for open source, for human freedom, and for the tech industry. I for one welcome our new open source overlords.
PS Not to be an unabashed google fanboy. I disable google now everywhere I go (battery chewing spyware), as well as killing all the maps background data processes, etc.. Google is great, but only if you install android fresh and turn off all their spyware.
FLStudio still only runs in Windows. They still have a monopoly on that. They also have gaming.
You could argue C gives you all the rope you need as well.
I keep asking myself "what language should I learn that's accepted everywhere, doesn't have to be compiled for a particular processor, and has a truly cross platform UI". Javascript is it, with C coming in a heavily qualified second, Java most 3rd except for that fruit company (and I know Java, but hate it passionately).
Python is a better language than Javascript. Why did they choose Javascript over Python?
Python is a language which makes app writing very easy. It's very easy to write, read, debug. It's also very fast when used right or modified.
This decision in my opinion is one of the boneheaded decisions which will be Gnomes final nail on the coffin. They had a chance to rule the Linux desktop with Ubuntu and since Gnome 3.0 have threw it all away. Everything that made Gnome great with the 2x series seems to have been lost at 3x and their release schedule is so slow that we are probably going to be stuck on 3x for 10 years. Goodbye Gnome and welcome back KDE.
A switch to python at least would make sense. Python is the best language for apps. Who uses javascripts to write apps?
I went from using KDE exclusively to using Gnome exclusively back to using KDE exclusively.
The latest Gnome 3x sucks and is worse than the 2x series. The KDE 4x series is far superior to the flawed 3x series. KDE is on the right track with 5x while Gnome continues to stay on the wrong track doing things it's userbase isn't wanting it to do, taking features away which users love, "improving" the interface by making it harder to use or reducing flexibility.
Whoever is designing the Gnome interface sucks and this decision to choose Javascript over a language like Python, Ruby, or C#? Wtf are they thinking?
It could also translate into much better AI. For MMO AI is very important.
Is it somehow our responsibility to make sure everyone has an equal income at everything they choose to do? That sounds a lot like communism. Here is a tip:
Musicians, along with many other kinds of businesses have struggled and failed since the beginning of time.
It is not society's job to prop you up and support your hobby. If you're just not good enough to make it, go out and get a different job.
Just like it isn't society's responsibility to support your failed business model.
Can't compete with online markets? Too bad.
Can't compete with big box stores? Too bad.
Your greed and selfishness hurts consumers, and they are a larger group than you are.
I do artistic photography, do you know how many people are making a living at that? Outside of a few iconic photographers who have created books or sold a few sought after pictures, nobody. Bu I don't sit around pissing and moaning about it because I believe in personal responsibility. I do it because I enjoy it. If I ever made money from it, great, but despite it being my main interest, I realize I still have to put a roof over my head and food in my belly, so I go out and go to work.
Art is, for the most part, just not valuable to the main stream. There is no way around that.
Of course not but you shouldn't expect free stuff. How many of you have paid to subscribe to Slashdot to support this site?
If I were a musician I would have a website and sell my tracks as downloadable FLAC files and maybe as redbook CDs. If enough people buy your music then you can survive without a day job and life is good. Otherwise you'll need a day job. Fuck the record companies. They are not needed anymore.
Or if you do get a record contract for your first album only give them the rights to that album and then self-publish after that. Not for the money, because they will be making nearly all of that, but for the exposure.
Another alternative is crowdfunding. Once you have a few good tracks to show see how much you can get for a whole album with kickstarter or indiegogo.
It's the new millenium already. It's time for blood-sucking, greedy record companies to die.
People don't buy music anymore. Look at the numbers.
There are licenses for that.
Getting paid while sitting on her ass not working and She still complains? Wow.
I want to get paid 0.42 cents every time someone sends an email through one of the servers/routers/cables I installed. And my children, and their grand children, They should also be paid for that!
How do you think advertising or marketers get paid? I don't see why music shouldn't pay but web ads can pay for websites like Slashdot?
No, we're condemning them to getting a fucking day job like the rest of us mopes.
Alternatively, our dear cellist can get a gig in a house band, though that may clash with her sensitive artists' feelings.
It may pain all of us a bit, but perhaps as a society we can't afford to have full time professional avant guard cellists no one has heard of.
And that is poverty. And that is exactly why no one gets out of poverty. Everyone should suffer with the rest of us.
It's actually not even 42 cents. It's half a cent and that is the problem. If it were 10 cents a play no one would complain. It should pay at least as much as web advertising.
Stream directly from the artist to the fans. If an artist doesn't have an obscene amount of fans it will probably be profitable for the artist.
The problem is you'd still need something like Google to allow for a search mechanism. Streams don't produce much revenue and this has to change as streaming services figure out how to make more money.
Artists also can go to the services which pay the most money out when the industry develops. You just wont get the best music if you go to the wrong service.