OK so amidst all this fun talk of fashion, tuxes and pearl jewelry,
it's time to get serious for a second. My friend Howie sent me an eye-
opening article on password protection. Check it out:
The man at One Man's Blog explains how alarmingly easy it is to crack
passwords and offers tips on choosing safer ones.
First, he breaks down the steps he'd take in cracking a password. That
includes the simple act of guessing the top ten passwords (pet's name,
"1234," date of birth, etc.) used by 20 percent of all users. If that
doesn't work, he'll turn to a brute-force attack, which, as you can
see in the table, can get the job done in as little as 0.02 seconds.
Time to remove Fido from your password and create something a little
tougher to crack. Yeah, sure, it'll be hard to remember, but that's
good b/c it'll be even harder for a crook to crack.
Test your password: https://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/privacy/password_checker.mspx
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