Episode 26 - Passwords

Happy new year all!

First off let me apologize for the audio (once more). I was so exited that Red was going to try to record (as a backup), I forgot to record myself until we where 10 minutes or so into the podcast. Nothing much to worry about, except for the fact that Red's recording was lacking his audio. So the first 10 minutes may sound a bit strange as Red's questions etc won't come through, and the switch to full audio doesn't make too much sense.

Anyways as a first topic for the year we decided to tackle passwords. Everyone uses them, and most people use bad passwords, or don't spent too little time thinking about them. In this cast we try to give you some insight in why to put thought into your passwords and how.

We discuss 3 classes of passwords (insecure, secure and very secure)and when to use each of them. We discuss some ways to come up with good passwords and remember them. And we discuss a few sites that will help you further on the topic.

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Links discussed in the show:
<a src="http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1554">Ten Windows Password Myths</a>
<a src="https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm">GRC Password Generator</a>
<a src="http://www.securitystats.com/tools/password.php">Password strength meter</a>
<a src="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_strength">Wikipedia</a>
<a src="http://www.phenoelit.de/dpl/dpl.html">Default passwords</a>
<a src="http://www.lockdown.co.uk/?pg=combi&s=articles">Password crack times</a>
<a src="http://windowssecrets.com/links/yy9aaeqiyyb6d/fc5bb2h/">Roboform</a>
<a src="http://www.roboform.com/">Roboform</a>
<a src="http://www.dexadine.com/acerose.html">Acerose Password Fault</a>


Running time: 40:00
Direct Download: <a href="http://media.libsyn.com/media/lowleveltech/episode26.mp3">Episode 26</a>