There is a concept known as "shocking nonsense". A good way to come up with a memberable, but hard to crack password would include something obscene, improbable, impossible, and/or nonsensical. Of course, mix in some special characters, etc.
At Thu, 12 Sep 2024 14:32:51 -0400 Bruce Griffis <bruce.grif...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I know this is veering off topic. My son just wrapped up his Bachelor's > in Information Technology with a Cybersecurity focus. In one of the > ybersecurity courses, we messed around on a project together. Kali Linux > has some password cracking tools. We created a KeePass file with > passwords and stored it on a thumb drive. Pointed the password cracker > at it. It first did a dictionary attack, then started hashing passwords. > First we set a pretty secure password and the password tool came back > and told us how many years it would take to crack the password. Cool. > Then we set a very stupid password the shows up in the dictionary. It > was cracked in less than an hour. > > So - KeePass is slick. But chose a really secure password. Don't chose a > password that would show up in a password dictionary. And don't pick a > short, simple password. A hacker could point a 'Nix machine with > multiple GPUs at it and get in. > > > On 9/12/24 14:01, Mark at Lorimark wrote: > > use keepass - keep the database on your pc > > > > ~mark petryk > > ~w:http://www.lorimarksolutions.com > > > > On 9/12/24 12:57, Stephen M. Butler wrote: > >> On 9/11/24 23:03, Chris Green wrote: > >> > >> BTW, who remembers a 1000 character password anyway!ÃÂ I know, use a > >> password manager -- but then you have to trust that it is secure. > >> _______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > -- Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services hel...@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services
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