Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 12:14:20 02/03/04
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On February 03, 2004 at 14:49:39, Jim Bell wrote: >My name is on message 346743 (2/03/2004 05:56:08), but I didn't post it. I have >never revealed my password to anyone, so I don't know how this was done. The >message wasn't even offensive. I have e-mailed the moderators and changed my >password. > >Jim Bell 1.0 It's probably swami trying to give the false impression that at least one person isn't for him being banned permanently. That comment that it should be "handled privately" is something he has said many times before in regards to his illegal software theft. Everyone should beef up their password. Avoid anything that might be in any list or database, like names, words in any dictionary (in any language), your child's birthdate (or any other date), popular bible verses (ex. "john316"), or anything else that might make its way into a "popular password" list. Mix letters and numbers, the longer the password the better, and for websites that will allow it, use non-alphanumeric characters like punctuation marks, spaces, and so on (CCC allows this). Even a good 6 letter password would require several hundred trillion (that's trillion, with a T) guesses to get it right. That's going to take a _long_ time. If someone *only* has to guess a few hundred thousand times (like all English words, popular names, common passwords, etc.), that can be done in a reasonable time (hours, days, or weeks, depending upon the circumstances).
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