Comments on: Are your passwords HIPAA secure? http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/02/23/are-your-passwords-hipaa-secure/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:08:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kathy http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/02/23/are-your-passwords-hipaa-secure/comment-page-1/#comment-822 Kathy Wed, 05 May 2010 15:25:23 +0000 http://www.sosoft.com/blog/?p=161#comment-822 Hi, Thanks for your comment. Some of our staff have just started using your LastPass product to manage passwords. We'll let you know how it goes. Thanks for visiting our blog. Come back any time. Hi, Thanks for your comment. Some of our staff have just started using your LastPass product to manage passwords. We’ll let you know how it goes. Thanks for visiting our blog. Come back any time.

]]> By: Are your passwords HIPAA secure? http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/02/23/are-your-passwords-hipaa-secure/comment-page-1/#comment-821 Are your passwords HIPAA secure? Wed, 05 May 2010 15:19:13 +0000 http://www.sosoft.com/blog/?p=161#comment-821 nice info .. :) nice info .. :)

]]> By: Abe http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/02/23/are-your-passwords-hipaa-secure/comment-page-1/#comment-495 Abe Mon, 18 May 2009 16:29:37 +0000 http://www.sosoft.com/blog/?p=161#comment-495 "Turning 60! soon." may actually be less secure from dictionary attacks when compared to 3-vO$aLKG7. From a pure number of letters/etc. it seems more secure, however if someone were to use an English dictionary they'd be far better off at guessing "Turning 60! soon." than "3-vO$aLKG7" Of course this does depend on the system and how well prepared it is to fend off brute force attacks. Either way, both are more secure than the standard "firstname" + "1234...n", that most use. “Turning 60! soon.” may actually be less secure from dictionary attacks when compared to 3-vO$aLKG7. From a pure number of letters/etc. it seems more secure, however if someone were to use an English dictionary they’d be far better off at guessing “Turning 60! soon.” than “3-vO$aLKG7″

Of course this does depend on the system and how well prepared it is to fend off brute force attacks.

Either way, both are more secure than the standard “firstname” + “1234…n”, that most use.

]]> By: Spencer Gear http://www.sosoft.com/blog/2009/02/23/are-your-passwords-hipaa-secure/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Spencer Gear Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:03:52 +0000 http://www.sosoft.com/blog/?p=161#comment-457 Interesting article. I too have noticed the password issues you describe, and agree with you about the unintended effects of frequent changes. The program you describe sounds intriguing. We are also looking at a hardware solution that does much the same thing. Interesting article. I too have noticed the password issues you describe, and agree with you about the unintended effects of frequent changes. The program you describe sounds intriguing. We are also looking at a hardware solution that does much the same thing.

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