[dba-Tech] [dba-OT] Cross post - Password security

Jon Tydda jon at tydda.plus.com
Wed Aug 10 15:52:50 CDT 2011


Too right, my account gets locked at work after 3 failed attempts, and it
does at every job I've had. Maybe it's websites - I've not seen Facebook or
Google lock accounts out, simply because of the complete impossibility of
you being able to phone up and ask for it to be unlocked...


Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-ot-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-ot-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach
Sent: 10 August 2011 21:42
To: Off Topic
Cc: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-OT] Cross post - Password security

Jon,

But this brings up another question: What kind of systems are hackers
breaking into that allow them BILLIONS of tries at the password?  I never
understood that.

Regards,

Steve Erbach
Neenah, WI


On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Jon Tydda <jon at tydda.plus.com> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> Someon'e just posted this on my wall on facebook, and it looks really 
> interesting, thought I'd share it.
>
> https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm
>
>
> Jon
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