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With more and more consumers having their passwords compromised on a daily basis, a pair of researchers are floating an idea that they contend will help foil digital credential crackers.
They propose salting a web-site’s password database with lots of false passwords called “honeywords.” Passwords in password databases are typically “hashed” or scrambled to protect their secrecy.
“An adversary who steals a file of hashed passwords and inverts the hash function cannot tell if he has found the password or a honeyword,” Ari Juels of RSA Labs and MIT Professor Ronald L. Rivest wrote in paper titled Honeywords: Making Password-cracking Detectable that was released last week.
“The attempted use of a honeyword for login sets off an alarm,” they added.
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Use of 'honeywords' can expose password crackers
Honeywords Making Password - Cracking Detectable (pdf)
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Any one here interested in Ender's Game.
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I've always said that the two biggest benefits of running a Linux distribution over a proprietary operating system are: freedom of choice and the Linux community. Despite these advantages, Linux on the desktop needs work in one key area: seizing great opportunities.
Two huge opportunities for the Linux desktop right now are the end of Windows XP support and the less than amazing reception of Windows 8 by casual users. In this article, I'll explore why I believe Windows XP and Windows 8 are fantastic opportunities for an increase in Linux adoption.
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Anyone here planning to convert an existing XP machine to Linux after Microsoft pulls the plug on it?
40hz:
Anyone here planning to convert an existing XP machine to Linux after Microsoft pulls the plug on it?
-Arizona Hot (November 23, 2013, 08:56 PM)
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I've moved most family and friends over already who weren't planning on getting new machines.
Except for the heavy-duty PC gamers, nobody seemed to much notice or care since office apps, web browsing, e-mail, and social networking made up virtually all of their computer usage. All of those apps have pretty much reached parity regardless of what platform they're running on.
YMMV. 8)
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REDMOND: Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday that it has made its latest browser, Internet Explorer 11, available to users of Windows 7 machines.
The new browser had already been part of the Windows 8.1 upgrade the company released last month.
The browser, available as a free download, improves the performance of websites that use JavaScript. Microsoft says the browser is 9 percent faster than Internet Explorer 10.
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Has anyone here with Win 7 tried this or does this cause you to wake up the next morning a female blond airhead?
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