The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

The Center for Education and Research in
Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

How Crackers Crack Passwords or What Passwords to Avoid

Author

Ana Maria De Alvare

Entry type

inproceedings

Abstract

Computer security is a growing concern in research, development, marketing, and most other areas of everyday life. The first and foremost task in computer security is to prevent unauthorized access to systems. This report tells how "rackers" (computer wizards who use their talents for illegal and destructive purposes) obtain access to computer systems and gives specific advice on how to prevent them from doing it.

Journal

UNIX Security Workshop

Key alpha

De Alvare

Pages

103-112

Publisher

USENIX Association

Affiliation

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Publication Date

2001-01-01

Language

English

Location

A hard-copy of this is in the Papers Cabinet

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