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Il Feytid
State War Academy
Caldari State
#1 - 2012-02-11 03:44:47 UTC
Do it now!

I know there is a ton of you with the same old password that has been around for months, dare I say years?

Just a friendly reminder. Big smile
Sasha Azala
Doomheim
#2 - 2012-02-11 03:49:28 UTC
Marlona Sky wrote:
Do it now!

I know there is a ton of you with the same old password that has been around for months, dare I say years?

Just a friendly reminder. Big smile




What makes a new password any better than the old one if only you know what it is?
Killstealing
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2012-02-11 03:54:37 UTC
my password can be found in the dictionary. It's a klingon dictionary though so i think im good
Taedrin
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2012-02-11 04:13:57 UTC
Sasha Azala wrote:
Marlona Sky wrote:
Do it now!

I know there is a ton of you with the same old password that has been around for months, dare I say years?

Just a friendly reminder. Big smile




What makes a new password any better than the old one if only you know what it is?


The longer a password is used, the more likely someone will crack it - especially if a hacker is able to bypass the intended authentication system so they can "test" millions of passwords per second.
Nova Fox
Novafox Shipyards
#5 - 2012-02-11 04:16:44 UTC
My password cracker has been testing my first password for two years still hasnt found it yet. It brute forces about 5 million passwords an hour so... if my second password is a bit more complicated and about three digits longer I wonder how long that will take to solve.

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Sasha Azala
Doomheim
#6 - 2012-02-11 04:19:46 UTC
Taedrin wrote:
Sasha Azala wrote:
Marlona Sky wrote:
Do it now!

I know there is a ton of you with the same old password that has been around for months, dare I say years?

Just a friendly reminder. Big smile




What makes a new password any better than the old one if only you know what it is?


The longer a password is used, the more likely someone will crack it - especially if a hacker is able to bypass the intended authentication system so they can "test" millions of passwords per second.





Ok, but what if it found the new one first?

I don't see the benefit as long as you have a proper password and not the name of your pet.
Mara Rinn
Cosmic Goo Convertor
#7 - 2012-02-11 04:22:57 UTC
Taedrin wrote:
Sasha Azala wrote:
What makes a new password any better than the old one if only you know what it is?


The longer a password is used, the more likely someone will crack it


^This

Especially: the attacker might be able to get away with trying to guess the password a dozen times a second through a bot-net trying to connect to EVE Online. The longer you leave the same password in place, the more likely it is that someone will stumble across the appropriate combination of bytes.

Of course changing your password (and, say, using a RSA key fob style two factor authentication) only works if the attacker isn't in control of your computer :)

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rodyas
Tie Fighters Inc
#8 - 2012-02-11 05:33:36 UTC
Changed it from hackerscanthackponies to poniesarescaredofhackers

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Arinantena
Gray Matters
#9 - 2012-02-11 06:14:04 UTC
Worth taking into account when you do change passwords.
Serene Repose
#10 - 2012-02-11 06:57:05 UTC
Killstealing wrote:
my password can be found in the dictionary. It's a klingon dictionary though so i think im good

Did you know? Every book ever written is in the dictionary! You just have to put the words in the right order.

We must accommodate the idiocracy.
Chief Cheeba
Doomheim
#11 - 2012-02-11 07:29:05 UTC
Serene Repose wrote:
Killstealing wrote:
my password can be found in the dictionary. It's a klingon dictionary though so i think im good

Did you know? Every book ever written is in the dictionary! You just have to put the words in the right order.

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Fuee
Doomheim
#12 - 2012-02-11 07:31:16 UTC
Marlona is a hacker who just put a box of cookies in your browser.
Aiwha
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#13 - 2012-02-11 07:51:31 UTC
Taedrin wrote:
Sasha Azala wrote:
Marlona Sky wrote:
Do it now!

I know there is a ton of you with the same old password that has been around for months, dare I say years?

Just a friendly reminder. Big smile




What makes a new password any better than the old one if only you know what it is?


The longer a password is used, the more likely someone will crack it - especially if a hacker is able to bypass the intended authentication system so they can "test" millions of passwords per second.




My password is a randomized string of several dozen letters, numbers, and symbols. Good luck.

Sanity is fun leaving the body.
Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2012-02-11 08:12:39 UTC
My password is just a simple word. No special numbers, letters, or special characters. I haven't changed it since I started and I never will. There is no reason to change it. You don't know what it is, and you've got a pretty large dictionary to guess through. Good luck.

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Reaver Glitterstim
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2012-02-11 08:14:58 UTC
Taedrin wrote:
The longer a password is used, the more likely someone will crack it - especially if a hacker is able to bypass the intended authentication system so they can "test" millions of passwords per second.


You can only test millions of passwords per second if the client is willing to accept millions of requests per second and not boot you for hacking. It won't accept, and it will boot, but you can believe what you want I guess.

FT Diomedes: "Reaver, sometimes I wonder what you are thinking when you sit down to post."

Frostys Virpio: "We have to give it to him that he does put more effort than the vast majority in his idea but damn does it sometime come out of nowhere."
leviticus ander
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2012-02-11 09:37:31 UTC
Reaver Glitterstim wrote:
My password is just a simple word. No special numbers, letters, or special characters. I haven't changed it since I started and I never will. There is no reason to change it. You don't know what it is, and you've got a pretty large dictionary to guess through. Good luck.

that'll take about .3 of a second if I actually bothered to try. maybe .4 if I use a particularly large dictionary.
Ai Shun
#17 - 2012-02-11 10:00:37 UTC
Reaver Glitterstim wrote:
You can only test millions of passwords per second if the client is willing to accept millions of requests per second and not boot you for hacking. It won't accept, and it will boot, but you can believe what you want I guess.


Yes.


leviticus ander wrote:
that'll take about .3 of a second if I actually bothered to try. maybe .4 if I use a particularly large dictionary.


Yes, dear.
malaire
#18 - 2012-02-11 11:16:26 UTC  |  Edited by: malaire
Good luck trying to guess "g1WXNbqKi0gKlkVinLcVU3RRwozxW6ou".

After I read few threads about how long it takes CCP to solve hacked accounts, I installed KeePass Password Safe and started to use completely random passwords, each account/site using different one.

ps. it seems I only used 20-char passwords for my other 2 accounts, time to change them.

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Hauling Hal
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2012-02-11 13:17:11 UTC
Reaver Glitterstim wrote:
My password is just a simple word. No special numbers, letters, or special characters. I haven't changed it since I started and I never will. There is no reason to change it. You don't know what it is, and you've got a pretty large dictionary to guess through. Good luck.


Single word passwords are cracked in minutes, BUT, someoone has to have compromised CCP's servers to get access to the hashed password so they can try and crack it...
gfldex
#20 - 2012-02-11 14:22:20 UTC
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