The longer your passwords are the harder they will be to crack. How long should they be and what sort of characters should you use? Steve Gibson on episode 256 of Security Now suggest ten characters.
Archive for July, 2010
Create Secure Passwords
Posted: July 17, 2010 in SecurityTags: LastPass, password, passwords, Security, Security Now, Steve Gibson
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The Lastpast You’ll Ever Need
Posted: July 13, 2010 in SecurityTags: LastPass, password, password manager, passwords, Security, Security Now, TWiT
For the last six months I’ve been using Lastpass a password manager that is truely extraordinary. Lastpass is easy and safe. Lastpass is everywhere you are. It works on PCs, Macs, Linux and other operating system.
Add URL Shortener To Google Maps
Posted: July 11, 2010 in GoogleTags: app, Google, maps, URL sortener
It’s no long necessary to use a third party URL shortener because Google Maps has its own.
Ubuntu Better Than Ever
Posted: July 11, 2010 in SoftwareTags: Linux, Lusid Lynx, opensource, Ubuntu
The new Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx is by far the best Ubuntu ever. I installed it on several computer. The installs have been flawless. Every easy! It is much more difficult to install Windows.
Windows Live Sync
Posted: July 10, 2010 in Web 2.0Tags: essentials, Live, Microsoft, Skydrive, sync, synchronize, web 2.0, Windows
Windows Live Sync is a part of the Windows Live Essentials Beta. The old Live Sync would not sync to Skydrive, the new version will. There is one little problem. With a Skydrive account you get 25 GB of storage yet you can only sync 2GB. This seems silly to me. Is Microsoft afraid Skydrive [...]
Firefox 4 Coming Soon
Posted: July 9, 2010 in SoftwareTags: Chrome, Firefox, Firefox 4, HTML5, Mozilla
Firefox 4 Beta is now available for download and the product is scheduled for release early this Fall. It promises to have lots of great new features
Most POP Not Secure
Posted: July 7, 2010 in SecurityTags: email, encryption, POP, Security, Security Now, SSL, Steve Gibson, TWiT
I will tell them that Gmail with its 256bit AES plus SSL is more secure then what they’re using now, unencrypted POP mail. (Assuming a good pass word is being used.)
