passwords

Fuel framework users have another option when it comes to user authentication management in their applications.

Ando has released Warden, a package that manages logins, password hashing and user ACLs.

How do people choose their password? We now know that structurally, passwords almost always adhere to what we would consider “bad practices” but how are these passwords derived in the first place?

What’s the personal significance which causes someone to choose a particular password?

Linux Journal: How do you make sure that your passwords are safe?

How do you make sure that your passwords are safe?

Another day, another giant LulzSec data dump. This time, the target's not the US government or a big company, but a sprawling list of 62,000 internet strangers (and their login data).

Are you one of them? Find out.

HowtoForge: "This tutorial describes how to set up database replication in MySQL using an SSL connection for encryption (to make it impossible for hackers to sniff out passwords and data transferred between the master and slave)."

Using a $100 graphics card and a freeware utility, passwords can be cracked at a rate of 3.3 billion guesses per second.

If you use a short password, you are not safe.

Users should change their passwords to mitigate threats posed by the accidental leak of perhaps millions of account identity details.

Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and others are appealing a legal decree that would require companies to store and share usernames, passwords, and other personal details with authorities.

HowToForge: "FTP is a very insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. By using TLS, the whole communication can be encrypted, thus making FTP much more secure."