Weak passwords – curable with pam_cracklib

Studies of passwords have found 20% or more to be guessable
(susceptible to a dictionary attack). The recent Twitter hack resulted
from an Admin with a guessable password. Weak passwords create an
environment where Worms and other exploits can prosper.

My (guest) blog on Open Source Security shows how to easily use
pam_cracklib to reduce the risk of guessable passwords.
http://www.ratliff.net/blog/2009/04/...-pam_cracklib/

On Apr 15, 9:58*am, BryanJacobson <oregon_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Studies of passwords have found 20% or more to be guessable
> (susceptible to a dictionary attack). The recent Twitter hack resulted
> from an Admin with a guessable password. Weak passwords create an
> environment where Worms and other exploits can prosper.
>
> My (guest) blog on Open Source Security shows how to easily use
> pam_cracklib to reduce the risk of guessable passwords.http://www.ratliff..net/blog/2009/04...e2%80%93-curab...

Oh, my. To understand some of the stupid human tricks people will do
with passwords, take a look at Alec Moffett's old 'crack' program.