Another week of passwords - 11 Jan 2007

  • Bruce Schneier on Wired - Secure Passwords Keep You Safer
    The easiest way to guess a password isn’t to guess it at all, but to exploit the inherent insecurity in the underlying operating system.

  • IT Business Edge - 2007: Single Sign-On and More Secure Passwords
    Are passwords going to disappear during 2007? Moulds from nCipher: “It’s unlikely. Passwords have been here many decades and will be for many decades to come.”

  • Alana Post - Roboform to Keepass
    There is no way to easily convert passwords in Roboform into a format KeePass is happy with.

  • Guardian Unlimited - Technobile
    Grrrr! One more reminder to change my password and I’ll start stalking the IT folks and gutting my computer

  • BBC News - Re-writing the rules of online ID
    Bill Thompson discovers that forgetting a password might be an opportunity for reinventing yourself.

  • Network Security Journal - The Fight Against Phishing: 44 Ways to Protect Yourself
    Phishers have at their disposal an arsenal of weaponry that encourage you to enter sensitive information. You don’t necessarily have to be tech-savvy to protect yourself, follow one or a combination of these 44 tips.

  • The Epoch Times - Chinese Professor Cracks Fifth Data Encryption Algorithm
    SHA-1 added to list of her accomplishments: “On the day that I cracked SHA-1, I went out to eat. I was very excited. I knew I was the only person who knew this world-class secret.”

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