Password Security and Another Alternative

Jul 28, 2010

As an IT security professional, it comes to me as no surprise that when the phrase "password" is typed into Google, the second-most-common predictive search result that comes up is " Password Cracker ”. Whether these are being used for legitimate or more underhand purposes, there is no doubting the prevalence of these tools and their seeming ease of use is worrying. There is also no lack of resources when it comes to lessons on how to use these tools. You only need to search sites such as YouTube or eHow. Password cracking is just one method of obtaining a password, but the unauthorised obtaining of passwords is by far most common cause of a successful hack. So what is the problem with passwords, and why should I care if somebody has my password? I don't have anything worth looking at. Well, this is not necessarily the problem; once somebody has your password...