Re: Need to generate passwords

["Leif Svalgaard" <leif@xxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Booth Martin <Booth@MartinVT.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: Need to generate passwords


> Leif, what about getting past the 3 signon attempts that most shops use?
> Is that easily gotten past?
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> -------Original Message-------
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> From: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 10:28:08 PM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Need to generate passwords
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> From: PaulMmn <PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com>
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> > My theory for a secure password is to randomly pick a word and attach
> > a number to it. Grab any book, magazine, or dictionary. Open a page
> > at random, close your eyes, and point. That word, plus the page
> > number, is your new password.
> >
> > Secure? Probably just as good as a randomly generated license-plate
> > number, and a lot easier to remember.
> >
>
> no not secure at all. This type of password can easily be guessed in
> a few seconds using a traditional "dictionary" attack.
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