[Yr11 Information Technology] [Year 12 IT Apps] Password Security

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Siri, voice authentication for Roland alpha omega five

Spot the error hinted in the comments? Nearly all good password systems have a brief lockout after a few attempts. This disables any brute force approach. Foolish systems create obscure passwords that are hard to remember and often written down. Pitiful systems stand idle as a user pours an entire dictionary then more in to authenticate. Following an interesting password report in the New Scientist, I still recommend for my students a triangulated generation algorithm of two short random words with a symbol to concatenate and logical variation between sites. They don't forget it.

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On 27/06/2013, at 8:54 AM, Cameron Ross <C.Ross at balcombegrammar.vic.edu.au> wrote:

> Good morning all,
>  
> Sorry for the cross posts
>  
> I came across this article and I thought it was good relating to password security
>  
> http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/password-fatigue-haunts-internet-masses-as-experts-ponder-the-future-of-the-password-20130626-2ovxw.html
>  
> Regards,
>  
> Cameron Ross
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