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Linux and Windows Password Security Settings
I'm asking a client why some password parameters are not defined in the Linux OS level and he's saying that, internally, Linux and Windows complexity and timeout settings are different. If they set ...
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When running shell scripts, is it safer to pass sensitive information using stdin or as a string option?
I'm building a number of automated scripts that will run within an encrypted environment (full disk encryption).
Many commands in both Windows and *nix have two ways of entering sensitive information ...
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Are windows users passwords easier to crack than linux?
If i set the same password in both linux and Windows, is it easier for a hacker to break the windows password? If so why and how can i create a windows password in the same security level as Linux?
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