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Supporting Complex Passwords

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2007-12-04 08:56:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
...phrases. But this is especially egregious since it encourages people to reduce the strength of the password that controls access to many different Microsoft properties I didn't have time to try to figure out exactly what this dialog is choking on, but when it chokes it happens so quickly that my guess is that some internal validation on the...
 
Tags: passwords, complex passwords, complex, passwords hit, password temporarily, temporarily, password, strong passwords, password minder
 
 
 
 
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Password policies. Once again.

2007-09-04 22:14:00 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...phrases for each site, if you wish web mail: "my dog and i got the mail shopping: "my dog and i bought some stuff office: "my dog and i went to work This is why we disable account lockout by default. There are much better -- and much less expensive -- ways to mitigate the threat. Disabling unused accounts You're right, there's no built-in...
 
Tags: account, enable account lockout, password, account lockouts, disable account lockout, 42-day default expiration, default, expiration, password expires
 
 
 
 
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Big Brother Is Listening ... And Listening ... And Listening

2007-12-18 02:50:05 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
The NSA intercepts entire streams of electronic communications containing millions of telephone calls and e-mails. It runs the intercepts through very powerful computers that screen them for particular names, telephone numbers, Internet addresses, and trigger words or phrases. Any communications containing flagged information" are analyzed
 
Tags: telephone, electronic communications, telephone calls, communications, powerful computers, trigger words, internet addresses, e-mails, names
 
 
 
 
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Supporting your family, friends, and neighbors

2008-02-13 17:45:40 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...phrases for each site, if you wish Web mail: "my dog and i got the mail Shopping: "my dog and i bought some stuff Office: "my dog and i went to work If you dont follow this kind of system, eventually youll start to forget which password you used on which Web site. Ugh, how can you manage it all? How can you have strong and unique passwords on...
 
Tags: suspicious e-mail message, mail, home computers defense, home computers, e-mail, home, web mail, windows live mail, site
 
 
 
 
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2008-02-26 00:00:00 by Editor in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...phrases such as "if the application is truly built secure inside-out, then there is no need for other security layers". Truly secure application is a far fetched statement. 1. What is the application made of? - Complexity. 2. How was the Log Management Explained; Aberdeen Featured Report; Web Malicious Code; SecureFacts: Log Management and...
 
Tags: log management, log, security, spire security viewpoint, risk management, practical risk management, application due care, application, security layers
 
 
 
 
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Application Due Care

2008-02-18 08:55:12 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...phrases such as "if the application is truly built secure inside-out, then there is no need for other security layers". Truly secure application is a far fetched statement 1. What is the application made of? - Complexity 2. How was the application built? - Methodology 3. Where does the application run? - Environment 1. Complexity -...
 
Tags: application, application due care, development methodology, methodology, application runs, application exist, application security, development, secure application
 
 
 
 
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From Self-Defending Networks to Realtime Compliance

2007-03-28 07:03:03 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...phrases were flying all over, Real-time Compliance, Continuous Compliance, Sustainable Compliance, ad-nauseum. The famous McAfee party was my savior, I downed few glasses of wine and that helped me regain my orientation. Riding back home on the cal-train I was wondering if customers buy vendor phrase or real solution that address their...
 
Tags: shield network, network, security, provide physical security, vendor phrase, phrase, business, famous mcafee party, business systems
 
 
 
 
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"Crawling" Toward SDL

2008-03-06 22:13:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...phrases I often hear during vision and strategy planning meetings at Microsoft is "What is the crawl, walk, run?" We use this phrase to differentiate the initial activities that will get us quickly moving toward our larger goals and then supplement them with other activities that may require longer preparation or planning. As I help...
 
Tags: sdl, security, perform security analysis, application security, application, applications security, security issues, issues, non-microsoft sdl engagements
 
 
 
 
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NAC's Polymorphic Paradigm

2008-03-27 02:28:41 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...phrases from various NAC vendors that are incongruous with one another For the most part, our remote access vendors, switch and wireless vendors and firewall vendors (am I missing anyone?) all took their product, made a few cosmetic changes, a few verbiage updates and slapped a NAC Sticker on the front Hence the Polymorphic Paradigm a...
 
Tags: nac, nac sticker, nac vendors, polymorphic paradigm, single product, technology, terminology twists, current technology, remote access vendors
 
 
 
 
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Tax information exposed in trash

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2008-04-07 13:20:28 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog