Jump to More Free Password Tools: Your fellow readers are still offering great suggestions in follow-up to "How To Safely Store And Manage Passwords" ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2004/2004-05-31.htm - Cached
Aug 21, 2003 ... However, all that security can come back to haunt you if you forget your password(s), or if you legitimately need to access someone else's ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-08-21.htm - Cached
I told her about Snadboy, a password revealer that changes asterisks into readable letters. After a lot of trouble with the company I was laid off. ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2002/2002-03-04.htm - Cached
Fred, can you shed some light on the subject of passwords for us. ... The issue of password security is very broad--- just think of how many systems, ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-03-03.htm - Cached
Jump to Readers' Choice: Password Tools: "Fred: Do you have any software suggestions for a PASSWORD GENERATOR or PASSWORD STORAGE & RETRIEVAL ? ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2000/2000-11-20.htm - Cached - Similar
Jump to Fred's Easy Way To Good Passwords: But even as-is, it's far, far better than the anemic passwords most people use-- - and yet it's easy to ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-10-20.htm - Cached
Your email, tax records, passwords, and any business plans or other private ... Simply re-logon using your original name and password and all stored info is ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2001/2001-05-14.htm - Cached
Jump to Password Generator Caution: The passwords generated there *look* OK, but there are questions. You can't tell what mechanism they're using to ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2005/2005-07-28.htm - Cached
Jump to FrontPage Password Bug: I found this out quite by accident when I was trying to follow good password- creation practice by creating a new ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2000/2000-11-13.htm - Cached
Dear Fred: I'm dithering over passwords. I try to use upper case, ... What I'm dithering over is a sensible length for a password with 72 symbol choices. ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2004/2004-01-22.htm - Cached
Jun 20, 2005 ... And even if your passwords once were safe, they may not be today: Passwords... And it takes very little skill to mount a password attack. ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2005/2005-06-20.htm - Cached
Jump to Why Short Passwords Are A Bad Idea": (And "brute force" is usually the longest and least efficient way of cracking a password; ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2006/2006-04-06.htm
Once encrypted, you can store the passwords even as plain text, and they'll be safe from most casual prying. Or, for more security, password-protect the ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2004/2004-05-06.htm - Cached
Nov 11, 1999 ... The answer I gave was correct for Windows-generated passwords: ... He was talking about a BIOS-generated password that comes up before ... www.langa.com/newsletters/1999/nov-11-99.htm - Cached
Sep 29, 2003 ... Does he then have access to the actual password? It's moot. With a password crack tool, he doesn't have to know the current password at all ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-09-29.htm - Cached
Jun 23, 2005 ... It's just the word "password" with the keys shifted up one row and to the left as ... A computer can crack that password almost instantly, ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2005/2005-06-23.htm - Cached
Nov 15, 1999 ... In my "delete the Windows password" item, I suggested renaming the existing PWL file, and then creating a new one with a new password. ... www.langa.com/newsletters/1999/nov-15-99.htm
Feb 16, 2006 ... If it's a Windows-based password, this may help: http://www.informationweek.com/ story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=13100343 It discusses ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2006/2006-02-16.htm - Cached
Jump to More On Passwords: Some password systems and OSes don't allow spaces, so standardizing on no-space passwords makes this approach more universal ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-10-23.htm - Cached
Jump to More On Password Tools: What I do is to type an email to myself with the username and password in it and encrypt it with PGP. ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2000/2000-11-27.htm - Cached
Jump to Safe Storage For Passwords: I have a question about password security. As you know, most people (at least the ones I know) have several ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2004/2004-04-19.htm - Cached
6) FrontPage Password Bug 7) Is This Information Useful? 8) More Reader Sites! .... 7) A Question For You Re: Password Storage 8) Reader Sites Galore ... www.langa.com/2000b.htm - Cached
Mar 8, 2004 ... The email usually arrives with a password-protected Zip file ... The worm- writers placed the payload in a password-protected file to try to ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2004/2004-03-08.htm - Cached
May 7, 2001 ... You don't have to think about security or remember anything except your password . Folders Freeware does all the work behind the scenes, ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2001/2001-05-07.htm - Similar
Sep 9, 2004 ... Lately, when I am prompted to enter my username and password to log into a web site, I've been entering a bogus username and/or password. ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2004/2004-09-09.htm - Cached
New Free Antivirus Tools, Test Restoring The "Save Password" Option Extra Caution With Linux? .... 2) Safely Test Your Passwords 3) Need A Quieter PC Fan? ... www.langa.com/2003a.htm - Cached - Similar
Apr 22, 2004 ... No-one had any idea what the administrative password might be, ... Without the password I was forced to format and reinstall. ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2004/2004-04-22.htm - Cached
Jump to Password Expiration In XP: Every month XP demands I update the logon password. I've been using a blank password and moving on, but.....what ... langa.com/newsletters/2002/2002-05-06.htm - Cached
Jump to Speaking Of Passwords.: Windows XP then allows the visitor to operate as Administrator without a password, even if the Administrator account ... langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-02-20.htm - Cached
You click on your name, enter the password, and you're in. ... And, although the passwords aren't shown, the friendly logon will provide a hint to help you ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-03-27.htm
Jump to Recovering Forgotten Passwords: I have several users I support that have forgotten their local admin passwords. Do you know of a tool to ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2002/2002-02-04.htm - Cached - Similar
Jump to How To Remove IE Content Advisor Password: I did find that I had to enter a new password to be able to "disable" the content advisor. ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2002/2002-04-15.htm - Cached
Jump to A Question For You Re: Password Storage: Do you have any software suggestions for a PASSWORD GENERATOR or PASSWORD STORAGE & RETRIEVAL ? ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2000/2000-09-11.htm - Cached
Jump to More Password Revealers/Retreivers: Fred-- I was ecstatic to read about password tools ("Recovering Forgotten Passwords" in ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2002/2002-02-18.htm - Cached
Apr 5, 2001 ... For interoperability with leading third-party compression tools, [the Compressed Folder feature] provides a password protection option for ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2001/2001-04-05.htm - Cached - Similar
Jump to Reveal Asterisk-Hidden Passwords: I have searched and searched for a way to unhide the dial up and other Windows passwords but to no avail. ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-02-03.htm - Cached
A *huge* number of readers responded to that item--- apparently, we're all juggling so many passwords at work and at home that safe and secure password... www.langa.com/newsletters/2004/2004-05-03.htm - Cached
Jump to More Password-Recovery Tools: Having a well-constructed password will make both kinds of entry more difficult; one hopes the extra annoyance ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2002/2002-02-07.htm - Cached - Similar
Even computer illiterates know from the media that there are plenty of password breaking programs that are easily found; if this is the only reason offered ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2002/2002-03-11.htm - Cached
Jump to More On Recovering/Bypassing Admin Passwords: While this is a useful tool it does nothing for the user who doesn't know the password in the ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2004/2004-12-02.htm - Cached
Mar 16, 2006 ... I have no less than a dozen applications at work which require me to input a password for each use. Each application has to have a unique ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2006/2006-03-16.htm - Cached
It's relatively easy to hack the ICQ passwords, and the text transmitted across ICQ also can be tapped into; and all passwords and messages are stored on ... www.langa.com/newsletters/1999/may-24-99.htm
It uses an adequately secure algorithm if one chooses a decent password. ... Only trouble is that you are limited to one password for normal usage. ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-06-12.htm - Cached - Similar
Sep 25, 2006 ... I've long been a proponent of really good passwords (much to my wife's ... I'm writing to vent about a password related pet peeve, to wit, ... langa.com/newsletters/2006/2006-09-25.htm - Cached
5) Password Expiration In XP 6) Karl Foster Got A Free $30 Gift Certificate. Want One? .... Freeware To View All Stored Passwords More "Favorites" Tools ... www.langa.com/2002a.htm - Cached
10) Password Issues 11) More Fixes For Hard Drive "Inconsistencies" .... 2) "Why Short Passwords Are A Bad Idea" 3) How Best To Partition/Use New Drive? ... www.langa.com/2006a.htm - Cached - Similar
You can generate passwords from 4 to 64 characters long, and can even generate a phonetic equivalent to help you memorize the generated password. ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-11-17.htm - Cached
Feb 24, 2003 ... (BTW: Turning off the "boot from CD" BIOS option and using a BIOS password to prevent unauthorized persons from altering the setting will ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-02-24.htm
Sep 18, 2003 ... The login screen is password protected with an 8 character non-word that means ... Can the thief access my email account passwords? ... www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-09-18.htm - Cached
Jun 1, 2006 ... For security purposes--- to keep anyone else from being able to change your setup's configuration--- the web-based setup pages are password... www.langa.com/newsletters/2006/2006-06-01.htm - Cached