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Cheat Sheet: Encryption

Cheat Sheet Well - weak passwords using combinations of letters and numbers can be cracked in seconds but finding the key to decipher well encrypted data could take a lot longer, maybe even years. Isn't that something to do with the Enigma machine and secret...

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[28 Nov 2007]

Cheat Sheet: Two-factor authentication

Cheat Sheet The problem here is that people aren't the best at choosing or protecting their passwords. Single-use random numbers are far more secure than traditional static passwords (which admittedly aren't hard to beat).

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[24 Oct 2005]

Cheat Sheet: Federated identity

Cheat Sheet We ditch our passwords? Whether it's old-school passwords, which in this day and age have become mistrusted, or some other form of identification - such as token-based solutions and devices, offered by the likes of RSA, or single-use passwords...

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[20 Sep 2005]

Cheat Sheet: Computer viruses

Cheat Sheet For example, you might download what you think is a new game but when you run it, it deletes files on your hard drive or emails your saved passwords to another person. A computer virus is a program designed to spread itself by first infecting...

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[26 Mar 2002]