This would be great if brute force was the only way to break into a system.
It's a good part of the overall security puzzle, but not the whole story. * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker>* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Hilderbrand, Doug < [email protected]> wrote: > Find and listen to Steve Gibson’s explanation of his password haystacks > concept which this cartoon was based on. I think he’s spot on. Password > length wins over complexity. Put both together and there’s not enough > petaflops in the universe to crack the password. My opinion, YMMV.**** > > ** ** > > Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte do a weekly podcast on security. The last > couple have focused on how the internet works IP packets, tcp and udp > protocols and such which is pretty old hat for us admin types, but I find > the information Steve gives out to be fascinating. He gives blow-by-blow > explanations of hacks in the news, recent patches (MS and Adobe keep being > the top topics) plus other stuff creeps in too. Definitely look up his > “portable dog killer” and Vitamin D episodes. SPCA note: no animals were > harmed in the portable dog killer episode.**** > > ** ** > > Steve Gibson is one of my heroes. Sigh. Or would be if I actually had > heroes. If the name is not familiar, he’s the guy who wrote SpinRite.**** > > ** ** > > http://twit.tv/sn**** > > http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm**** > > ** ** > > Doug Hilderbrand | Systems Analyst, Information Technology | Crane > Aerospace & Electronics**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 10, 2011 2:06 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Almost, but not quite OT: Passwords**** > > ** ** > > http://xkcd.com/936/# <http://xkcd.com/936/> > **** > > ** ** > > Yet, very pertinent.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *ASB***** > > *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker***** > > *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market…***** > > > ** > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
