Security Now 5
Episode 005 |
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson Topic: Passwords Part 2 Published: September 15, 2005 Duration: 00:19:45 |
Contents
Security Now: 005
News & Errata
- This episode was recorded live in Toronto
Topic
- A good password will have upper and lower alphanumeric characters as well as punctuation marks
- You cold also use your keyboard as a algorithm device, by moving up one row or shifting to the left of right
- Don't reuse important passwords for banking, ecommerce, or stock portfolio
- Google lets you append things to your gmail address by adding a + and then some text. It will still come to your gmail account
- Built in password managers are more susceptible to attack because they are part of the browser
Notable Quotes
External Links
- Steve's notes on passwords [1]
- Show transcripts [2]
- Download this episode [3]
- Download 16kb version of this episode[4]
Production Information
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