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    The History Of Passwords

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    of security and how they can protect their organization’s information systems data. To do this, user access and identity must be managed properly to control the risks associated with confidential information and user data falling into the wrong hands. One way to manage user access is by using passwords to establish a user 's identity to gain access. History of Passwords Passwords have existed since ancient times long before the digital evolution began. In ancient history, they were referred to as watchwords, or words and phrases used to identify a friend or enemy. Polybius, a Greek historian, wrote about the use of these watchwords in military ranks. He described an example watchword as "a wooden tablet with the word inscribed on it". A soldier would receive the watchword, "[take] his leave, and on returning to his quarters passes on the watchword and tablet before witnesses to the commander of the next maniple, who in turn passes it to the one next him" (McGing). Password use in the military went on to include a counterpassword. During D-Day, U.S. paratroopers identified each other using a password, such as "flash", and combining it with a counterpassword, such as "thunder". The password and…

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    Password Security Threats

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    Password security is a very important topic with many counterparts. It is important to know the security risks involved with passwords. Complex passwords have become very popular for businesses in order to log into your office computer. Often times you are required to change that complex password on a regular basis as well, which can make remembering the password extremely difficult and will often times cause the user to write it down or store it somewhere. Often times employees may share their…

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    Online Password Cracking

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    Passwords have been used for the purpose of authentication since Roman Periods. Password-based systems, Validation based on something what the user knows about their identity are generally more common and necessary to access the available resources in World Wide Web through networks and the internet (Vaithyasubramanian & Christy, 2015). Cracking user passwords online is one of the essential skills in hacking and penetration testing with the aim is to illegitimately access the system through an…

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    Title: Brute-forcing a Password Topic: The experiment will be used to determine the effectivity of several lengths and arrangements of encryptions. Introduction: In this age of revolutionary technologies, our lives are essentially saved to the Internet and upon electronic devices. Our most personal informations and even our secrets are preserved in a digital format on various hard drives and storages across the globe. These devices, if not properly secured, are accessible to practically…

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    Introduction: The goal of this lab is to understand how Group Policy Objects and Password Settings Objects are enforced and used on a contextual and practical level. We also joined a client PC to our Domain and enforced these Policies on the client machine. We also played with how blocking inheritence of these objects interacts with the client machine to see which configurations work and which don 't. Procedure: Please check wiki for any and all configuration documentation. Below are…

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    In Ian Urbina’s article, the connection between passwords utilized by people and how they can hold deep meanings delving into a persons’ emotions, thought processes, personal past experiences, and the very essence of who they are, is explored at length. Urbina runs a study to create his thesis that people primarily utilize “Keepsake” passwords through collecting people’s passwords (either current or past) and why those specific passwords were chosen, as a proof that there is a deep connection…

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    The Aegis Secure Key 3.0 has military grade full disk AES 256-bit XTS hardware encryption and is FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated. You unlock the drive by entering your 7-16 digit PIN before you connect it to your device that way hackers cannot use software on your device to capture your password, and it automatically locks when you unplug it. If an incorrect password is typed 20 consecutive times all the data and the encryption key are erased. It is also dust and water resistant as well as a wear…

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    hacker security. Recently, personal information has been leaked through a high degree of methods, such as phishing or pharmacy, to capture user IDs and passwords. This will result in an inappropriate ID / password being propagated between different users; thus a secure user authentication system is essential. In this paper, we use a different technology to provide a secure and easy to use new online banking authentication system Keyword- , OTP, QR code, Android,. I. INTRODUCTION Internet banking…

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    user folders with unique access rights per the defined access control requirements * Access a Windows 2008 Standard Server R2 as a user and encounter errors when attempting to create data files and write them to specific folders * Create a list of new and modified access control parameters to implement stringent security access controls per the defined requirements using Windows 2008 Standard Server R2 Lab Part 1 – Access Controls Criteria Worksheet Instructions For the given…

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    occurring. Keeping Information Private According to USA.gov, there are a number of ways to prevent identity theft. It is important to keep passwords private and not to share them with anyone or let anyone see you typing in passwords so they cannot login to your private information. Another important way to prevent identity theft would be to not share personal information…

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