IMO, the most important thing that people need to know about passwords follows.
DON'T RECYLCE PASSWORDS. On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Shauna Hensala <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been asked to speak to an group regarding personal internet > security. This will be a fairly light weight discussion and I have a couple > of really good references regarding choosing secure passwords and the > https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm site for testing. > > My question for all of you is this: > > What if you incorporate a symbol not normally found on a keyboard into your > password - such as ¢ which requires the key combo alt/0162? Does this > increase or decrease the hackability of your password - or is it completely > irrelevant? To a hacker, is the actual password alt0162 or is it ¢? > > Thanks for any information you can offer. > > > Shauna Hensala > > > > > ------------------------------ > Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 16:07:15 +0100 > Subject: Re: External subdomains considered dangerous? > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Aha, you are therefore a Chinese agent :-) > > On 9 September 2011 15:47, Matthew B Ames <[email protected]>wrote: > > Maybe those companies only use external hosted pop3/imap accounts > (granted that is unlikely).**** > > ** ** > > I assume from the article is more about a company emailing another company. > **** > > ** ** > > I own a .org.uk domain in the UK, and I quite often get emails (which is > meant for the .org). I have even had invoices, emails from their accounts > department, etc landing in my personal email. More recently I had a batch > of CVs for people apply for job applications as a secretary – either they > misread the advert or just automatically typed in the .uk without thinking > about it – as the .org is a UK based company).**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Andrew S. 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