XKCD (as usual) makes a very good point – this time about password strength, and I reckon it’s something app developers need to consider urgently. Geeks can debate the exact amount of entropy, but that’s not really the issue: insisting on mixed upper/lower and/or non-alpha and/or numerical components to a user password does not really [...]
Filed under: Good practice / Bad practice by arjen on Thursday, August 11, 2011 | Social tagging: application > database > entropy > java > mariadb > mysql > password > php > python > rails > ruby > security > web > xkcd
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We just had a booboo in one of our internal systems, causing it to not come up properly on reboot. The actual mishap occurred several weeks ago (simple case of human error) and was in itself a valid change so monitoring didn’t raise any concerns. So, as always, it’s interesting and useful to think about [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized by arjen on Saturday, September 12, 2009 | Social tagging: mysql > Open Query > patch > reboot > security > sysadmin > uptime
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