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Passwords. Passwords everywhere... sick of them!

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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,745 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Just use an md5 hash tool and your password becomes 994292055d6a1a9b21f61e03bd4b577c
    Google is a great reverse md5 lookup

    also
    https://isc.sans.edu/tools/reversehash.html

    and
    http://www.md5rainbow.com/994292055d6a1a9b21f61e03bd4b577c

    md5 hash is just obstruction unless the original password is really secure.
    Unless you believe that no one out has tables of hashes of hashes



    security through obscurity only works when it's really obscure, of the "three men can keep a secret if two are dead" sort of obscure


  • Registered Users Posts: 721 ✭✭✭Xivilai


    I use a portable Keypass installed on my Dropbox, with a password to access it and a keyfile stored on my usb drive. Safe out :)


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,104 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    It would take a desktop PC about A tresvigintillion years to crack your password

    Pity it's too late to name my firstborn this


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭YellowFeather


    Yeah. I'm fed up remembering passwords. Especially with work generated ones which I just have to learn off. Then social media accounts, banks stuff, every single the feck everything that also requires a password. And, for some reason, Verified by Visa is the worst of them all.

    Biometrics for everything please!!


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,374 ✭✭✭InReality


    I don't see the point of password managers.
    For sites that aren't important I just use the same password.

    For ones that have payment info for me , i.e. credit card details ,and gmail, I use a more complex one.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    Pick one 8+ digit word that has a capitial letter, a lower case letter and a number, then use that for every site you don't care about.
    I use the same one for forums, email, shopping, ebay etc. It's only banking, PayPal etc that has different passwords.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,726 ✭✭✭✭Charlie19


    Avantcard must have the worst system albeit probably fairly secure. Password and memorable word for their site and a different password when making online purchases.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,264 ✭✭✭lightspeed


    o1s1n wrote: »
    What drives me mad is having to change my password in work every 8 weeks or so.

    It can't be a password I've used before. I've been here 6 years and have run out of new ideas!

    I feel your pain. We have 2 different pieces of software and both seem to screw up and block you out after changing to a new password until it reset again by someone with manager access. Pain in the hole is an understatement.

    I have had almost the same password for over 2 years now. I just change a number at the end each time. Well into double digits but easier to remember and dont have to wait for IT for the guts of an hour to fix it.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Google is a great reverse md5 lookup

    also
    https://isc.sans.edu/tools/reversehash.html

    and
    http://www.md5rainbow.com/994292055d6a1a9b21f61e03bd4b577c

    md5 hash is just obstruction unless the original password is really secure.
    Unless you believe that no one out has tables of hashes of hashes



    security through obscurity only works when it's really obscure, of the "three men can keep a secret if two are dead" sort of obscure

    True, it just depends on just how far you want to go to secure your passwords, I have so many now, it's hard to remember them all.

    Plus that md5 one has a little extra spice in it when I use it as well, in other words it's not hex. so it can't be reverse engineered. ;)

    I had the misfortune a few years ago of having a password cracked that was used for more than one site, spammed all the other users of another site. Since then I use unique passwds for all the sites I use.

    Have to use the " forgot password " often as well :o but what the hell..#


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭IvaBigWun


    I run the password off the username, the username off the ID number and the ID number off the password.
    Never had any problems.

    :D

    :pac:

    :D


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭whirlpool


    I don't understand using password managers. You're giving every single one of your passwords to one program. Seems dodgy as f ck!


  • Registered Users Posts: 92 ✭✭ciaran12


    I tend to be wary of those 'How secure is my password?' things

    I know they don't get your email, but they could easily add your password to a Rainbow Table

    I wonder if there's a github pages based one, so you can see the source?


  • Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 2,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭Oink


    ciaran12 wrote: »
    I tend to be wary of those 'How secure is my password?' things

    I know they don't get your email, but they could easily add your password to a Rainbow Table

    I wonder if there's a github pages based one, so you can see the source?

    Honestly I assumed that was a joke. No way in hell I'd type my password on a website just "to check that it's secure".

    And a magic "secure application" that holds all my passwords?? If I ever do that I will lose my tinfoil hat priviledges, and rightly so.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,745 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Botnet ZeroAccess alikuwa kuhusu 1.9m kompyuta katika hivyo kwamba miaka 64,000 ni siku 12 tu.

    GPU ya kuongeza kasi ya juu 100 kutegemea
    Algorithm kasoro kutoa speedups pia

    Na bila shaka Rainbow Majedwali ina maana kwamba isipokuwa tovuti anatumia ufanisi kuweka chumvi ya siku 12 ya ngozi inaweza kufanyika mapema.

    Na crackers password kutumia kanuni ya msingi juu ya kamusi na mchanganyiko kawaida, watu wengi kutumia mitaji au namba au tabia ya pekee kama barua ya kwanza au wa mwisho, idadi ya baadhi ya ni maarufu zaidi.

    Lakini speedups kubwa ni kwamba miaka 64,000 ni kwa ajili ya nywila kweli random. . Kulazimisha nywila tata ina maana kwamba passswords ni vigumu aina na kumbuka lakini tu kuongezeka kwa utata kutoka passsword (hakuna nyavu bot, hakuna GPU ya speedups chache) kwa Password1
    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    :confused:

    Is that what Swahili looks like when written down?

    :confused::confused:


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    o1s1n wrote: »
    What drives me mad is having to change my password in work every 8 weeks or so.

    It can't be a password I've used before. I've been here 6 years and have run out of new ideas!
    Month and year :p


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 90,745 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Oink wrote: »
    Honestly I assumed that was a joke. No way in hell I'd type my password on a website just "to check that it's secure".

    And a magic "secure application" that holds all my passwords?? If I ever do that I will lose my tinfoil hat priviledges, and rightly so.

    http://ismycreditcardstolen.com/


  • Registered Users Posts: 28,814 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    Botnet ZeroAccess alikuwa kuhusu 1.9m kompyuta katika hivyo kwamba miaka 64,000 ni siku 12 tu.

    GPU ya kuongeza kasi ya juu 100 kutegemea
    Algorithm kasoro kutoa speedups pia

    Na bila shaka Rainbow Majedwali ina maana kwamba isipokuwa tovuti anatumia ufanisi kuweka chumvi ya siku 12 ya ngozi inaweza kufanyika mapema.

    Na crackers password kutumia kanuni ya msingi juu ya kamusi na mchanganyiko kawaida, watu wengi kutumia mitaji au namba au tabia ya pekee kama barua ya kwanza au wa mwisho, idadi ya baadhi ya ni maarufu zaidi.

    Lakini speedups kubwa ni kwamba miaka 64,000 ni kwa ajili ya nywila kweli random. . Kulazimisha nywila tata ina maana kwamba passswords ni vigumu aina na kumbuka lakini tu kuongezeka kwa utata kutoka passsword (hakuna nyavu bot, hakuna GPU ya speedups chache) kwa Password1

    Makes about as much sense to me :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭Keepan Eye


    Yeah - Passwords drive me crazy ---then there are door locks and alarm codes. Me Head's not big enough and the older you get the worse it seems to get. I saw something recently ---Senses your personal Heart Beat to confirm its you. Suppose the Crims will find a way around that too. I appreciate the suggestions LAS pASS ETC ETC


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,208 ✭✭✭Poochie05


    Where were you born: Yellow
    What's your favourite colour: Trampoline
    Your mother's maiden name: Timbuktu


    Ha ha, I tried this with the real answers but to the wrong questions. Trouble was I couldn't remember which way I put them so had to start again! Especially when they only ask one question at a time...


  • Registered Users Posts: 707 ✭✭✭Luxie


    nc19 wrote: »
    Are we not all still using 1234????

    No. Some us are still on 9999.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 13,288 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    uch wrote: »
    https://howsecureismypassword.net/


    Check how secure your Password is.

    Apparently 'password' is in the top 10 common passwords!


  • Registered Users Posts: 948 ✭✭✭Muir


    Apparently the alphabet as your password would take a desktop PC 48 quintillion years to crack.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,312 ✭✭✭Paramite Pie


    That's a bad idea, all it would take would be for one of your passwords to be compromised for them all to be be compromised. You may as well not bother with the change at all as it provides neglible benefit.

    In fairness, the password would probably be hacked by an algorithm which wouldn't see the obvious trend. I imagine it's automated by now, with a algorithm that enters the ripped password+username into many other sites automatically.

    Correct me if I'm wrong... i'm certainly no expert!:pac:


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