Tag: passwords
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NISTs new password rules what you need to know
It’s no secret. We’re really bad at passwords. Nevertheless, they aren’t going away any time soon.
With so many websites and online applications requiring us to create accounts and think up passwords in a hurry, it’s no wonder so many of us struggle to follow the advice of so-called password security experts.
At the same time, the … -
Rave Reviews for Your Password Sucks
After running a breakout session entitled "Your password: how bad guys will steal your identity" at the 2012 UAS Conference, Dan gets rave reviews. Nice.
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KeePass for Opera
Dan develops a browser plugin for Opera to allow the KeePass Password Safe to work with Opera 12+, after the Opera team remove the feature upon which many KeePass users depended.
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Instead Of Blogging...
In a declaration of 'blog bankruptcy', Dan lists all of the topics that he'd hoped to have blogged about during the last (very busy!) month, and gets on with writing about other things. He's been busy!
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Deliciously Silly Password Restrictions
After being reminded that social bookmarking service del.icio.us exists, Dan logs in and gives it a go. His first experience with its new version... isn't terribly promising.
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Bank Security
Dan tries to tell a bank that their website is insecure. You'd think it'd be easier than this.
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Passwords
This repost was published in hindsight, on 11 March 2019.
Fiona wrote:
I have been uneasy for a while about my passwords, but being dyslexic and a bit lazy there was not an obvious solution to make it more secure and not lock me out. The problem that I have is anything that requires memorising a … -
Passwords - The Least You Should Do
If you're reading this, there is at least a 95% chance that your passwords aren't good enough. You should fix them. Today.
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Mobile One-Time-Passwords in Ruby
A Ruby-based implementation of the Mobile One-Time-Password system, providing two-factor authentication for Rails applications, among other things.
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Copy-Pasting Passwords into Steam
Valve are running a security theatre by pretending that a "feature" in Steam provides protection, when in actual fact it simply makes things harder for users with good security sense. Here's how to circumvent the feature, as well as some tips on great password safe programs.
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A Selection Of News Items From Around The World
[this post has been partially damaged during a server failure on Sunday 11th July 2004, and it has been possible to recover only a part of it]
[more of this post was recovered on Friday 24 November 2017]
Here's some stuff I found interesting this weekend:
Swedish health workers, in an effort to stem the growing cases of … -
Sian wrote:
People are funny. I get to look at the accounts of people who have signed up for Children First newsletter updates, and their passwords make me laugh. The number of people who’s password question is just their password is scary.
I also worry for the person who put their password question as ‘opposite of …