Re: [OT] Password hash cracking

2014-03-23 Thread Grant Maw
Or, just use Schneier's Password Safe program and let it generate all your passwords for you. I've been using it for years and I swear by it. I have hundreds of passwords stored in it's files and they're all long and very complex. http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/ On 22 March 2014 16:08,

RE: [OT] Password hash cracking

2014-03-23 Thread Ken Schaefer
easily digest. E.g. GPU based attacking has been the norm for some time now. Cheers Ken From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Grant Maw Sent: Monday, 24 March 2014 11:08 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Password hash cracking Or, just use

RE: [OT] Password hash cracking

2014-03-23 Thread ILT (O)
-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Grant Maw Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 8:08 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Password hash cracking Or, just use Schneier's Password Safe program and let it generate all your passwords for you. I've been using it for years and I swear by it. I have hundreds

RE: [OT] Password hash cracking

2014-03-23 Thread ILT (O)
Greg, did you follow up on the (promised) article in arstechnica on how to do it properly? I couldn't find one . The closest relevant advice (for users) was to use a password minder, but I guess that doesn't help if the visited passworded websites store unsafely. (I see that iiNet pops up a

RE: [OT] Password hash cracking

2014-03-23 Thread Nathan Chere
2014 12:23 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] Password hash cracking Grant, re Password Safe (etc) - I was using RoboForm on $9.95 a year and they have just released a version for Windows Phone 8, but I have let it lapse. I would rather back up my pw database to OneDrive than have RoboForm

RE: [OT] Password hash cracking

2014-03-23 Thread ILT (O)
, March 24, 2014 9:29 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] Password hash cracking I used to use Password Safe and there's a pretty good .Net implementation of the password store reader on CodeProject http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/20892/Password-Safe-Database-Reader-Lib rary-in-C-for-NET if you

Re: [OT] Password hash cracking

2014-03-23 Thread Grant Maw
, Western Australia *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Grant Maw *Sent:* Monday, March 24, 2014 8:08 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: [OT] Password hash cracking Or, just use Schneier's Password Safe program and let it generate all

RE: [OT] Password hash cracking

2014-03-23 Thread ILT (O)
-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Grant Maw Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 10:48 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Password hash cracking Ian I use Password Safe on Windows 8 but not on a phone, and you are right they don't seem interested in a WP8 version. Sorry, I've not seen any comparisons

RE: [OT] Password hash cracking

2014-03-23 Thread Nathan Chere
To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: [OT] Password hash cracking Nathan, I had never considered Keepass though have seen it discussed etc for years. I have often used TrueCrypt USB 'disks' (sticks) when travelling, I guess what you're doing with a TrueCrypt file on Dropbox is much the same. I would like

Re: [OT] Password hash cracking

2014-03-23 Thread Greg Keogh
Greg, did you follow up on the (promised) article in arstechnica on how to do it properly? I couldn't find one ... Not yet, I got distracted by paid work! I'm still think about a password minder, but I've never looked at them before. Do you cut-and-paste passwords from the minder into the