Since I wrote about choosing a password, there have been tons of blogs, articles and comments on the recent hacking of Twitter accounts. Among other things, security experts are talking about how to choose a good password. Following are some tips that I would like to add to my previous blog:
1. Single Dictionary words make [...]
It seems that I sign up for a new service or a new application every week. And every time I have to choose a user name and a password. Over the years, I have learned a few techniques to choose passwords that are fairly difficult to guess but are easy to remember (for me).
1. A [...]
I downloaded and installed Norton Internet Security 2008 a couple of weeks ago. So far, I like the software. The GUI is different than NIS 2007 and there are some new features. However, one thing has not changed: it takes triple the normal time to boot after installing NIS. Really, I think the boot time [...]