Related posts about passwords

• Fixing /etc/shadow with md5 passwords to sha512 passwords

  as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
  I recently upgraded an ubuntu server with many users to a recent version from a version from 2008. The server used to use md5 password hashes (e.g., the shadow passwords began with $1$) and now is configured to use sha512. I'd prefer to keep using sha512, but would like the old users to be able… >>> More

• How to securely generate memorable passwords?

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  Whenever I need new passwords I use some tools to generate those, preferable memorable passwords, but I've been wondering how secure this might actually be. Using The xkcd random number generator is probably pretty bad, cat /dev/random is probably pretty good, but generating memorable passwords seems… >>> More

• Gawker Passwords

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  There has been much news about the hack of the Gawker web sites. There has even been an analysis of the common passwords found. This list is embarrassing in many ways. The most common password was "123456". The second most common password was "password". Much has also been written providing… >>> More

• Phishing Ploy Forces Twitter to Reset Passwords

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  The microblogging site has reset some Twitter users' passwords after a phishing attack attempted to steal their login information. >>> More

• Phishing Ploy Forces Twitter to Reset Passwords

  as seen on Internet.com - Search for 'Internet.com'
  The microblogging site has reset some Twitter users' passwords after a phishing attack attempted to steal their login information. >>> More