Re: is it rational to close the 139 port
On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 10:22:09AM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> There have been numerous well-publicized breaches at banks, major
> retailers, etc. (and doubtless even more unpublicized ones). If / when
> hackers get your credentials to one institution, do you really want
> them to have the keys to all your accounts?
OK, I downloaded pwgen, issued "pwgen -s 15 3" changed chosen password.
All I have to worry about now is someone getting hold of that piece of
paper. IOW, http://xkcd.com/792/, and Glenn's post tipped my thinking.
Perhaps it is misleading for pwgen to state:
[...]
-s, --secure These should only be used for machine passwords, since
otherwise it's almost guaranteed that users will simply write the
password on a piece of paper taped to the monitor...
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who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the
oppressing." --- Malcolm X
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