Archive for ‘Passwords’

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Aug01

The Mutli-Factor authentication’s relationship to SSO

by Michael Farnum on August 1st, 2006 at 11:40 pm
Posted In: Multi-factor, Passwords, Security, Single Sign On

I posted a few days ago about the password length vs complexity vs. multi-factor authentication debate.  One of the assertions I made was that it is essential to tie in SSO with multi-factor authentication.  Now, I did not assert in my post that SSO makes multi-factor authentication more secure as Chris Hoff says I did in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Aug01

Today’s Security Tip: Password Cracking

by Michael Farnum on August 1st, 2006 at 4:05 pm
Posted In: Passwords, Security

I recently posted about password length vs. complexity vs. two-factor authentication.  But passwords will be around for quite a while, so what are some of the things security professionals can do to keep passwords up to snuff?  One of the ways is obviously to enforce password length and complexity, but politics don’t always let that happen.  So many security shops simply […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Jul28

Password length vs. complexity vs. getting rid of the darn things

by Michael Farnum on July 28th, 2006 at 2:39 am
Posted In: Passwords, Security

Roger Grimes has an article at InfoWorld about the size of passwords versus the complexity.  I agree with Roger’s assertion that password length is the better than complexity.  I have been told by many a security consultant to make the third character a special character, or make the fifth character uppercase, blah blah blah.  This […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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