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| bio | website | thecomsci.wordpress.com |
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| location | Sweden | |
| age | 45 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 6 months |
| seen | Jan 10 at 15:32 | |
| stats | profile views | 42 |
Experienced software developer.
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Jan 8 |
awarded | Good Question |
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Nov 30 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Nov 17 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Sep 28 |
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How secure are my passwords in the hands of Firefox using a Master Password? I finally found the time to test this and it seems activating sync requires my master password, if I have one set. This should make your point a non-issue. |
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Jul 26 |
awarded | Taxonomist |
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Jul 2 |
awarded | Notable Question |
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Mar 21 |
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How long should the password be? Granted. I was going for a short, usefull answer. 16 random characters, upper and lower case, and numbers and special characters is a good minimum. Five diceware words is superior to this. |
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Nov 24 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Nov 17 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Aug 23 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Jun 28 |
awarded | Critic |
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Jun 28 |
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How secure are my passwords in the hands of Firefox using a Master Password? Hmm. Define "this crap" please. :-) Also, I believe the password file on Firefox is encrypted |
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Jun 28 |
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How secure are my passwords in the hands of Firefox using a Master Password? Sounds correct, but irrelevant. This is true even if I don't let Firefox save my passwords. The root-kit problem is true for all applications on the infected computer, not specific to Firefox. |
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May 30 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Nov 24 |
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What is your way to create good passwords that can actually be remembered? Basically, you six letter All ASCII Printable Characters password has around 36 bits of entropy. Your 22 characters Case Insensitive Latin Alphabet password has more than 96 bits of entropy. See Wikipedia for details (secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Password_strength) |
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Nov 24 |
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Is it ever appropriate to fight back? I think entrapment would require you to invite people to hack your site. The difference of a Police Officer offering to buy drugs and a Police Officer being offered to buy drugs; active or passive. |
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Nov 24 |
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What is your way to create good passwords that can actually be remembered? I disagree. If I wrote a program to find the password using brute force, I would check the shorter password much sooner than the longer password. I might be able to crack a six letter password within a day. The 22-letter a-password would take years, if not decades, using brute force. Also, I did say the MOST important, not the only attribute. Do you discourage using Diceware? |
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Nov 22 |
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How secure are my passwords in the hands of Firefox using a Master Password? I though such tools used a brute-force approach, if protected by a Master Password. |
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Nov 22 |
answered | What is your way to create good passwords that can actually be remembered? |
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Nov 22 |
answered | What is your way to create good passwords that can actually be remembered? |
