Comments on: John P on Connecticut Public Radio http://onemansblog.com/2007/11/25/john-p-on-connecticut-public-radio/ Specialization is for Insects. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:44:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gary http://onemansblog.com/2007/11/25/john-p-on-connecticut-public-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-72430 gary Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:38:52 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/11/25/john-p-on-connecticut-public-radio/#comment-72430 Thanks John! I appreciate the insight. Thanks John! I appreciate the insight.

]]> By: John P. http://onemansblog.com/2007/11/25/john-p-on-connecticut-public-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-72297 John P. Fri, 17 Dec 2010 07:44:35 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/11/25/john-p-on-connecticut-public-radio/#comment-72297 Well, the thing is Gary, if someone is after YOU specifically and there is a pattern to your passwords that is obvious then you are going to have a problem. But in most cases hackers are going after the low hanging fruit and are using automated tools to test passwords en mass until they find one that is vulnerable. So, you are safer because you are using different passwords for different sites, but if someone is really out to hurt you and can compromise one they can likely guess the others. Cheers, John P. Well, the thing is Gary, if someone is after YOU specifically and there is a pattern to your passwords that is obvious then you are going to have a problem. But in most cases hackers are going after the low hanging fruit and are using automated tools to test passwords en mass until they find one that is vulnerable.

So, you are safer because you are using different passwords for different sites, but if someone is really out to hurt you and can compromise one they can likely guess the others.

Cheers,

John P.

]]> By: gary http://onemansblog.com/2007/11/25/john-p-on-connecticut-public-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-72158 gary Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:53:06 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/11/25/john-p-on-connecticut-public-radio/#comment-72158 Greetings, John. I just read your Lifehacker password piece. I'm in IT and tend to have pretty long/complex passwords. I do, however have a few that are similar to each other. How dumb is it to use passwords that are complex, but similar like: ThisIsMyYahooPassword23! ThisIsMyCNNPassword23! ThisIsMyNeweggPassword23! ThisIsMyBestBuyPassword23! They'd be totally different as hashes, but if somebody broke one, they'd likely be able to guess others. Greetings, John. I just read your Lifehacker password piece.

I’m in IT and tend to have pretty long/complex passwords. I do, however have a few that are similar to each other. How dumb is it to use passwords that are complex, but similar like:

ThisIsMyYahooPassword23!
ThisIsMyCNNPassword23!
ThisIsMyNeweggPassword23!
ThisIsMyBestBuyPassword23!

They’d be totally different as hashes, but if somebody broke one, they’d likely be able to guess others.

]]> By: Emmanuel K. Prah http://onemansblog.com/2007/11/25/john-p-on-connecticut-public-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-69069 Emmanuel K. Prah Sun, 28 Nov 2010 15:01:49 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/11/25/john-p-on-connecticut-public-radio/#comment-69069 Hello John, I have read your article ''How I'd Hack Your Weak Passwords" and in fact, it has really educated me a lot. As a benefitiary of you article, it is my hope that God will richly bless you. Hello John, I have read your article ”How I’d Hack Your Weak Passwords” and in fact, it has really educated me a lot. As a benefitiary of you article, it is my hope that God will richly bless you.

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]]> By: چگونه هکرها کلمات عبور ضعیف شما را شناسایی می کنند؟ | مجله اينترنتي گو http://onemansblog.com/2007/11/25/john-p-on-connecticut-public-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-59223 چگونه هکرها کلمات عبور ضعیف شما را شناسایی می کنند؟ | مجله اينترنتي گو Mon, 19 Apr 2010 06:41:22 +0000 http://onemansblog.com/2007/11/25/john-p-on-connecticut-public-radio/#comment-59223 [...] من با Connecticut Public Radio در مورد امنیت رمز عبور گوش کنید اینجا کلیک [...] [...] من با Connecticut Public Radio در مورد امنیت رمز عبور گوش کنید اینجا کلیک [...]

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