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Re: xkcd on password strength
From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:16:47 -0400
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah <rmslade () shaw ca> wrote:
Date sent: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:21:14 +0100 (BST) From: Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>I suspect that's the commonest problem today, and strength of password does nothing to help.It does if the bad guys use LANMAN and are limited to 14 characters :-)
Apple's Screen Sharing (remote desktop) is no better at 8 character. Before the latest release (Lion), Snow Leopard would not honor the no-anonymous for me or the "Only allow these User" settings. Jeff
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