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Making security better: Passwords

3 pointsby jvdhover 9 years ago

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brianclementsover 9 years ago
<i>Unlike previous guidance, this doesn&#x27;t focus on trying to get ever more entropy into passwords. Instead we&#x27;re encouraging system designers and security architects to think more about where they&#x27;re requiring passwords, and what they&#x27;re trying to achieve with them</i><p>Great from the system side. From the user end however, I had a revelation when I realized that I need to make a distinction between strong passwords and disposable passwords. Much has been said already about strong passwords for keys, log-ins, encryption, but disposable ones for almost all websites? That are easy to remember? I&#x27;ve been using SuperGenPass[1] for that and have loved it.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.supergenpass.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.supergenpass.com&#x2F;</a>
jvdhover 9 years ago
Finally someone with credibility who states that regular password changes are pointless, and may even reduce security. It&#x27;s even backed by scientific publications from Microsoft.