Comments on: Passwords smashwords http://jkroon.blogs.uls.co.za/it/security/passwords-smashwords Ultimate Linux Solutions Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:57:16 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://jkroon.blogs.uls.co.za/it/security/passwords-smashwords/comment-page-1#comment-4 admin Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:05:00 +0000 http://jkroon.blogs.uls.co.za/?p=19#comment-4 At least the servers we install is firewalled in such a way that the password that's exposed is only accessible from the LAN ... At least the servers we install is firewalled in such a way that the password that’s exposed is only accessible from the LAN …

]]> By: Juggernaut42 http://jkroon.blogs.uls.co.za/it/security/passwords-smashwords/comment-page-1#comment-3 Juggernaut42 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:45:38 +0000 http://jkroon.blogs.uls.co.za/?p=19#comment-3 A while back I installed a server for a client. I used pwgen to generate a password for the admin account on the web interface of the server. The client came to pick up the server I gave him the username and password. that evening when I logged into the server to check if everything is still working. the client changed the admin account's password to 'password'. I understand it for the ease of remembering passwords. But at least pick a password that I would not guess in my first 3 tries. A while back I installed a server for a client. I used pwgen to generate a password for the admin account on the web interface of the server. The client came to pick up the server I gave him the username and password. that evening when I logged into the server to check if everything is still working. the client changed the admin account’s password to ‘password’.

I understand it for the ease of remembering passwords. But at least pick a password that I would not guess in my first 3 tries.

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