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 > _______________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ dba-OT mailing list dba-OT at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-ot Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com