[New post] How-to: Generate Good Passwords

New post on Everything Express How-to: Generate Good Passwords by Robin Catling Everyone thinks their on-line passwords are uncrackable. The bad news is that most plain text, alpha-numeric passwords don't last more than a few minutes under a brute-force, 'dictionary' attack. More complex passwords, including letter-number substitution, such as passw0rd (with the O replaced with zero) are so-called 'leet-speak' passwords. These are no longer secure either and are starting to show up in dictionary attacks. So you have to get a bit more creative for 2012. Read more of this post Robin Catling | January 20, 2012 at 12:06 am | Tags: how-to, security | Categories: Software, Technology | URL: http://wp.me/p1uj0o-1uU Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://everythingexpress.wordpress.com/2012/01/20/how-to-generate-good-passwords/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com