[AccessD] OT - How Secure Is My Website

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Mon Oct 16 08:48:28 CDT 2006


On 16 Oct 2006 at 13:32, paul.hartland at fsmail.net wrote:


> I have created a very simple website (basically a logon page and a welcome
> page for now), where the logon page is connected to a database (MS Access). 
> Before I continue I want to know how long in would take a hacker to get my
> password if it is was to be attempted.  Are there any hacking tools or
> scripts out there that I can point to my website, give it my administration
> username and get it to return the number of attempts it took to get my
> password and give my password a security rating (say from 1-10) ?

First thing to do is make sure that your administration username is also 
secure. 

You can find any number of password strength checkers  on the web. Just 
google "password strength".

-- 
Stuart





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