Author: Chessfun
Date: 13:16:33 02/03/04
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On February 03, 2004 at 15:23:28, Jim Bell wrote: >On February 03, 2004 at 15:14:20, Russell Reagan wrote: > >>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). > > > >I don't think that someone could have guessed my password: I was still using the >5-letter seemingly random password that was originally assigned to me when I >joined the CCC. > >Jim Interesting, I always used the one originally given to me by CCC. I've now changed it as you say it was 5 letters. Sarah.
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