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Leif, what about getting past the 3 signon attempts that most shops use? Is that easily gotten past? --------------------------------------------------------- Booth Martin http://www.MartinVT.com Booth@MartinVT.com --------------------------------------------------------- -------Original Message------- 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 From: PaulMmn <PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com> > 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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