[olug] (no subject)

jman at miwire.com jman at miwire.com
Tue Nov 6 14:42:42 UTC 2012


Hmmmm, I was thinking drowssapym

Hurley, Rod <RHurley at TENASKA.com> wrote ..
> Cmon guys.  Make it a little tougher... drowssap is what I use.  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of Dave Rowe
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 8:31 AM
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [olug] (no subject)
> 
> Confucius say: He who has password stolen, shouldn't make joke about
> simple password.
> 
> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Greg Gerke <ggerke at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Okay, apparently I was a bit too subtle. I didn't actually use "password"
> > for a password. I'm not my parents. I find that "123456" is much safer.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 7:19 AM, Lou Duchez <lou at paprikash.com> wrote:
> >
> >> cracked.com, of all places, has some good suggestions on passwords:
> >>
> >> http://www.cracked.com/**article_18962_5-things-we-all-**
> >> do-that-make-hackers-lives-**incredibly-easy.html<http://www.cracked.com/article_18962_5-things-we-all-do-that-make-hackers-lives-incredibly-easy.html>
> >>
> >> For password generation, I've taken some tips from that article:
> >>
> >> 1)    If your favorite song is, say, "Wake Me up Before You Go-Go",
> >> abbreviate it to either "WMuBYGG" or perhaps "WaMeupBeYoGoGo".  You can use
> >> that as a root word for all your passwords.
> >>
> >> 2)    Add a suffix to the root depending on exactly what the password is
> >> for, such as "homeemail" or "workemail" or "**
> >> secretpornsitethewifedoesntkno**wabout".
> >>
> >> That's pretty uncrackable by virtue of sheer length, yet very memorable to
> >> you.  cracked.com advises going a step further, and instead of
> >> "homeemail", use a suffix of "fortawesome" or some other unguessable
> >> reference that you would get but random hackers would not.  That way, even
> >> if someone somehow finds out about "WaMeupBeYoGoGoworkemail", they can't
> >> extrapolate and get your home password.  (By that logic, instead of
> >> "workemail", maybe you should use a suffix more like "shamepalace".)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  Well, crap. Sorry all - some no-good-nik likes my email just as much as I
> >>> do. Password is changed now. I guess "password" wasn't the best of
> >>> passwords after all...?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Justin Reiners <justin at hotlinesinc.com
> >>> >wrote:
> >>>
> >>>  Spam alert!
> >>>> On Nov 5, 2012 8:50 PM, "Greg Gerke" <ggerke at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>  http://107.20.173.250/**CarolynConnects/wordpress/wp-**
> >>>> content/plugins/zsliwwqkeeo/**ugoogle.html<http://107.20.173.250/CarolynConnects/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/zsliwwqkeeo/ugoogle.html>
> >>>>
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