NIST recently published their four-volume SP800-63-3 Digital Identity Guidelines. Among other things, they make three important suggestions when it comes to passwords:
-Stop it with the annoying password complexity rules. They make passwords harder to remember. They increase errors because artificially complex passwords are harder to type in. And they don't help that much. It's better to allow people to use pass phrases.
-Stop it with password expiration. That was an old idea for an old way we used computers. Today, don't make people change their passwords unless there's indication of compromise.
-Let people use password managers. This is how we deal with all the passwords we need.
These password rules were failed attempts to fix the user. Better we fix the security systems.
Does this mean we can stop composing our passwords like Q*bert?
(Score: 2) by frojack on Tuesday October 10 2017, @10:32PM (1 child)
But every cracking algorithm still has those at the top of their list. Even though we all know you get exactly 3 tries.
None of this cracking stuff is done by the geeky computer girl nerd as seen on EVERY stupid TV show. How come its always a girl? How come she gets it on the third try every time?
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Tuesday October 10 2017, @10:55PM
That's because she's the only one to check whether he's got a picture of his girlfriend or his kids on his desk.
Real geeks don't have the feels it takes for social engineering, you know!