Ultram Online Without Prescription » We Always Have The LOWEST Pharmacy Online-Offers http://anaulin.org/wordpress/archives/2005/02/12/on-the-usefulness-of-passwords/ Squandering bits since 2003 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:32:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Ultram Online Without Prescription » We Always Have The LOWEST Pharmacy Online-Offers http://anaulin.org/wordpress/archives/2005/02/12/on-the-usefulness-of-passwords/comment-page-1/#comment-1870 ana Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:27:38 +0000 http://anaulin.org/wordpress/archives/2005/02/12/on-the-usefulness-of-passwords/#comment-1870 It does seem that we will be stuck with passwords for a while, yes. And yet, we all agree that they are not a great security scheme. The amount of passwords we need nowadays makes it nearly impossible to avoid password reuse or using bad passwords. Software like <a href="http://www.schneier.com/passsafe.html" rel="nofollow">Password Safe</a> makes it a bit easier to cope with passwords, but introduces a hairy single point of failure. I know it is difficult, but I still hope that we will soon find a better alternative to user identification than passwords. It does seem that we will be stuck with passwords for a while, yes. And yet, we all agree that they are not a great security scheme. The amount of passwords we need nowadays makes it nearly impossible to avoid password reuse or using bad passwords. Software like Password Safe makes it a bit easier to cope with passwords, but introduces a hairy single point of failure.

I know it is difficult, but I still hope that we will soon find a better alternative to user identification than passwords.

]]> Ultram Online Without Prescription » We Always Have The LOWEST Pharmacy Online-Offers http://anaulin.org/wordpress/archives/2005/02/12/on-the-usefulness-of-passwords/comment-page-1/#comment-61259 ana Fri, 27 Jan 2006 03:27:00 +0000 http://anaulin.org/wordpress/archives/2005/02/12/on-the-usefulness-of-passwords/#comment-61259 It does seem that we will be stuck with passwords for a while, yes. And yet, we all agree that they are not a great security scheme. The amount of passwords we need nowadays makes it nearly impossible to avoid password reuse or using bad passwords. Software like <a href="http://www.schneier.com/passsafe.html" rel="nofollow">Password Safe</a> makes it a bit easier to cope with passwords, but introduces a hairy single point of failure. I know it is difficult, but I still hope that we will soon find a better alternative to user identification than passwords. It does seem that we will be stuck with passwords for a while, yes. And yet, we all agree that they are not a great security scheme. The amount of passwords we need nowadays makes it nearly impossible to avoid password reuse or using bad passwords. Software like Password Safe makes it a bit easier to cope with passwords, but introduces a hairy single point of failure.

I know it is difficult, but I still hope that we will soon find a better alternative to user identification than passwords.

]]> Ultram Online Without Prescription » We Always Have The LOWEST Pharmacy Online-Offers http://anaulin.org/wordpress/archives/2005/02/12/on-the-usefulness-of-passwords/comment-page-1/#comment-1869 Lu Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:34:20 +0000 http://anaulin.org/wordpress/archives/2005/02/12/on-the-usefulness-of-passwords/#comment-1869 Well, more and more alternatives to ‘old fashioned passwords’ are appearing: using fingerprints, those ID thigies you plug into the computer and, voil?É , you’re logged in, RFID (ugh), etc…

The problem, I guess, is interoperability. If you choose a certain way of identifying yourself with your machinery, will it work with everything? Will it work on every machine you have access to? Will it be easy to use? Sadly, I think the answer to these questions is NO; it will work only in some machines, only with some particular software & hardware, only on a particular OS….

Now, I know some people are perfectly happy with one of those new ThinkPads with a fingerprint reader; yet I’m not sure I would be. Yeah, it would be cool to use it, but would it work with Linux? If the software got -somehow- corrupted would I have a way to (a) log into the computer (b) fix it? etc… I must also admit I’m quite reluctant to embrace new technologies that require a significant investment just to try them out.

So, it seems we’re stuck with good old fashioned passwords for a while.

And passwords are not perfect, far from it. Yes, they can be secured if the user understands (and cares about) the dangers / issues related to using passwords to protect sensitive content … but I guess we’ve all seen things that make those of us who are tech-savy shake our heads: passwords like “12345″, using the same simple password for sensitive accounts and stupid web accounts, password = login, etc etc…

No matter how well thought of your security scheme is, the weakest link will allways be the user.

]]> Ultram Online Without Prescription » We Always Have The LOWEST Pharmacy Online-Offers http://anaulin.org/wordpress/archives/2005/02/12/on-the-usefulness-of-passwords/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Anonymous Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:58:19 +0000 http://anaulin.org/wordpress/archives/2005/02/12/on-the-usefulness-of-passwords/#comment-140 hiiiii hiiiii

]]> Ultram Online Without Prescription » We Always Have The LOWEST Pharmacy Online-Offers http://anaulin.org/wordpress/archives/2005/02/12/on-the-usefulness-of-passwords/comment-page-1/#comment-61258 Anonymous Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:58:00 +0000 http://anaulin.org/wordpress/archives/2005/02/12/on-the-usefulness-of-passwords/#comment-61258 hiiiii hiiiii

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