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Pafwert: Now Open Source
Wed, Apr 17 2013 23:04

More than 15 years ago I started working on a unique password generator that eventually evolved into a small program I now call Pafwert. Pafwert is an unique tool to help you to select strong passwords that are easy to remember. Using strong entropy,... Read More...

by Xato - Passwords & Security

Filed under: Passwords, Tools, password, random, complexity, techniques, strong passwords, password manager, password generator, wordlists

Analyzing the XKCD Passphrase Comic
Tue, Jun 12 2012 16:52

I rarely see any discussion of password strength without seeing th XKCD comic below brought up to illustrate that a long pass phrase is better than a shorter random jumble of characters. Since this is something I have been arguing for fifteen years, this... Read More...

by Xato

Filed under: Passwords, Security Policy, cracking, complexity, techniques, xkcd, Brute Force, pass phrases

This is Why You Test Your Regular Expressions
Mon, Feb 20 2012 14:14

Regular expresssions are an extremely powerful strategy for filtering and sanitizing, but they can also be very complex. And although any programmer knows that when you have complexity you must test your code, I am surprised how often programmers fail... Read More...

by Xato

Filed under: Hacking, Application Security, Secure Coding, filtering, regular expressions, sanitization, complexity, regex, ip address, programmer, application