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theweaselking"Wait a second, you're in the mail server right now?"
"Yeah."
"How did you get in without an account?"
"I guessed the root password. By the way, your root password is insecure."
"Yeah."
"How did you get in without an account?"
"I guessed the root password. By the way, your root password is insecure."
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Date: 2006-10-16 04:11 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-10-16 04:22 pm (UTC)Guess
Date: 2006-10-16 04:54 pm (UTC)Userid: Admin
Password: Admin
That would be great to do something like that!
Marlene
Re: Guess
Date: 2006-10-16 05:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-10-16 05:34 pm (UTC)Re: Guess
Date: 2006-10-16 06:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-10-16 06:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-10-16 06:22 pm (UTC)Quick and Dirty Secure-ish Passwords... that can be remembered.
Date: 2006-10-16 06:48 pm (UTC)Spell it in 1337 or B1FF!. Bonus points for "'leet-like" letter transpositions or flat-out misspellings, if you can remember them.
Put a random but memorable punctuation mark between two syllables in the word.
It's not quite as secure as a purely random alphanumeric sequence, but it's nearly there and it should be much easier to remember.
-- Steve uses the above technique when the quarterly IS update in the office demands sacrifice. Again, it's not perfect but it'll usually do.
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Date: 2006-10-17 02:07 pm (UTC)