Re: email passwords
- Subject: Re: email passwords
- From: A* V* <l*@librs6k.vatlib.it>
- Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 10:18:33 GMT
At 09:59 AM 12/5/96 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Allessandra,
>Was it you who mentioned a hacker entry in your email system, through a
>password of someone's name? Hackers can set dictionaries to work on
>passwords, and they tirelessly go through the alphabet, though I guess
>there are safeguards against this now. My son's advice, for the time
>being, is to place symbols for vowels or consonants in your password,
>making detection a little harder.
>All the best,
>Elly Bade
>
>
>Thank you, Elly. I'll pass this information to colleagues and friends.
I wonder if they have dictionaries of all the languages in the world,
including the gardening language.
Good gardening
Alessandra
Alessandra Vinciguerra
American Academy in Rome
Via Masina,5
00153 Roma
Tel:0039\6\5846.444
library@librs6k.vatlib.it
