Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Mon Oct 16 09:35:48 CDT 2006
If anyone is concerned about password strength here is a good place to start: http://www.lockdown.co.uk/?pg=combi&s=articles. That is why it is so important to limit the number of access attempts before stopping the login process. Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 6:48 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT - How Secure Is My Website 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 -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com