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(...) Hrmmm .... or maybe article scoring could be turned off for the market groups where listings are posted? Probably not, though, since those groups often contain discussion in addition to listings. (...) Dunno about Ed, but I read LUGNET from (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Excellent point. Thanks. You've just demonstrated that a machine generated password does absolutely nothing to ensure (as in 100%) that a password is actually unique to a particular system. It makes it more probable, but doesn't (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) What I used to do and still do in some cases where I think people might be trying to get my passwords is to use a core word (I choose one from about a dozen Latin or Russian words, sometimes spelled, in the case of Russian, the way I like to (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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(...) That future world may not be as far off as you might think. I have a friend that works for a company that is working on inexpensive retina scanners for NT logon among other things. Rob - Rob Farver - mailto:rfarver@rcn.com (2 URLs) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Is it true that those things cause blindness after 20 years use? Richard (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) The argument here is that if you get too restrictive (requiring one non alphanumeric, for example) you cut the set of passwords down far enough that you make brute force attack easier! I tend to favor trying a few quick checks on the pw to see (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) can't someone already post in your name without knowing your password? I believe all you need to be able to post is your name and email address... heh, going to test that in a sec. btw, as far as password choosing and forcing - well, I believe (...) (25 years ago, 27-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I hope you'll forgive me if I'm skeptical of that statement. I haven't studied human factors of cryptography in depth but my BS was in mathematics. I know what you're saying, and why it might be true given a certain set of assumptions, but how (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Personally, I'd love some tips on how to pick good passwords that are easy to remember. I'll admit to using poor passwords, and re-using them. These days, one seems to need so many passwords that I can't see how you can really work well if you (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yes, although if someone has enough familiarity with you (and access to you) to figure out what sites you freqent, under what names/aliases/IDs, and crack (or attempt to crack) enough of your passwords to establish a pattern, you've got bigger (...) (25 years ago, 28-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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