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freeload · 01-22-2010, 02:34 PM

I have a "safe" password I use permutations of, and an easy one for all my nonimportant online activities. The safe password is in the form of 593epd (random numbers and letters), then I add the initials of the website and perhaps an "index" if I need to change my password frequently. If I was working for KFC and was required to change my password often it could be 593epdKFCg. Easy for me, but hard to bruteforce.

At high school I had a 26 character password built with parts of a long phrase translated to leet-speak. Needed a tough one as we tried to hack eachother all the time. I won by creating a program imitating the log on prompt, checking the username and then either steal the password or call the real password prompt if allready snatched. The user got a "Invalid password" message once, then every thing worked fine. Later I collected the hidden files containing usernames and passwords

Good times!

01-22-2010, 02:34 PM	#16 (permalink)
freeload Done freeloading here Location: on my ass :) - Norway	I have a "safe" password I use permutations of, and an easy one for all my nonimportant online activities. The safe password is in the form of 593epd (random numbers and letters), then I add the initials of the website and perhaps an "index" if I need to change my password frequently. If I was working for KFC and was required to change my password often it could be 593epdKFCg. Easy for me, but hard to bruteforce. At high school I had a 26 character password built with parts of a long phrase translated to leet-speak. Needed a tough one as we tried to hack eachother all the time. I won by creating a program imitating the log on prompt, checking the username and then either steal the password or call the real password prompt if allready snatched. The user got a "Invalid password" message once, then every thing worked fine. Later I collected the hidden files containing usernames and passwords Good times! __________________ The future ain't what it used to be.