http://viewfromthebunker.com/2008/07/11/and-your-password-is-password/ A blog about security and availability from some of the folk at Symantec Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:55:19 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://viewfromthebunker.com/2008/07/11/and-your-password-is-password/comment-page-1/#comment-109 markwilson.it » Generating secure passwords Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:41:54 +0000 http://viewfromthebunker.com/?p=93#comment-109 [...] One corporate blogger at Symantec recently wrote about the useless passwords that people use (with various lists placing “password”) at or close to the top of the list. His source contained some dubious claims (e.g. it claimed that one of the top passwords across Europe is “monkey”… maybe that is the case for English speaking Europeans but it’s unlikely to be the case in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portugese, Greek, etc., etc.) but his point is valid - systems that require a password require one for a reason - usually to protect either the data contained in the system, or the reputation/identity of the person to which access is being granted or the company who operates the system. [...] [...] One corporate blogger at Symantec recently wrote about the useless passwords that people use (with various lists placing “password”) at or close to the top of the list. His source contained some dubious claims (e.g. it claimed that one of the top passwords across Europe is “monkey”… maybe that is the case for English speaking Europeans but it’s unlikely to be the case in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portugese, Greek, etc., etc.) but his point is valid – systems that require a password require one for a reason – usually to protect either the data contained in the system, or the reputation/identity of the person to which access is being granted or the company who operates the system. [...]

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