https://diogomonica.com/posts/password-security-why-the-horse-battery-staple-is-not-correct/
On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 4:21 PM, Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm late to the thread, but this seems topical if someone hasn't already > posted it. > > https://xkcd.com/936/ > > > On 5/25/2016 6:14 PM, Robert Andrews wrote: > >> Hence how the employee of a certain slot machine almost made himself >> rich.. Alas, greed was more powerful that intellect.. Yet there may be >> unknown people out there that are not greedy that are to this day using the >> predictability of RNG's to keep the beer fridge filled and the tax man at >> bay... >> >> On 05/25/2016 03:54 PM, Eric Kuhnke wrote: >> >>> for serious applications, generating cryptographically sound "random" >>> numbers is quite a hard computer science problem... >>> >>> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Random_number_generation >>> >>> one of the main methods of attacking a cryptosystem is if the adversary >>> knows that the RNG used to produce the keys is not truly random, but >>> have some element of predictability in it. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 3:10 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> I think I’ll start a business selling random numbers. >>> Who’s to say 12345 isn’t a random number? >>> Wait, this sounds a lot like the fortune cookie business. >>> *From:* Cassidy B. Larson <mailto:[email protected]> >>> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 25, 2016 4:11 PM >>> *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT I un-screwed myself >>> >>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/01/21/11-year-old-girl-sets-up-business-selling-secure-passwords-for-2/ >>> >>> On May 25, 2016, at 3:07 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> I unscrewed myself. >>>> >>>> In windows file explorer, there is a view option that has a >>>> preview option. >>>> With preview selected you get the contents of a file on the right >>>> side of the screen. >>>> >>>> I was trying various combinations of my password and noticed that >>>> on one of the tries, the preview pane showed some content. >>>> After a few more tries I discovered that putting a zero in front >>>> of the alt code allowed the preview to show content. >>>> The file still would not open, but I could cut and paste from the >>>> preview pane and I got it all. >>>> >>>> Sometimes you luck out. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Chuck McCown >>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 3:04 PM >>>> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT I screwed myself >>>> >>>> baby monkey puppy >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Chuck McCown >>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 2:53 PM >>>> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT I screwed myself >>>> >>>> I'll say. >>>> >>>> For a new password I am considering: >>>> inside housing puppets stay warm >>>> oxygen puppet dagger manganese >>>> electricity wire wrapped around the anus >>>> Dong porcelain l swear >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- From: Seth Mattinen >>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 2:50 PM >>>> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT I screwed myself >>>> >>>> On 5/25/16 13:36, Chuck McCown wrote: >>>> >>>>> My oldest son is a computer security specialist / forensic guy. >>>>> >>>>> He was telling my my super complicated password was not so secure. >>>>> He cracked it pretty easy. He suggested I add an alt code. >>>>> >>>>> So I did. Now, neither one of us can open the file. >>>>> Guess alt codes in passwords for some Office products cause big >>>>> problems. >>>>> >>>>> Arrgh..... >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> But it's secure now, technically. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >
