[ale] evernote security breach

[Watson, Keith]

Ron,

Use a pass phrase. They are easy to type and when they reach 15 characters or more, very difficult to crack.

Example pass prase:

OK so you think you can brute force this pass phrase. Good luck.

Like I said easy to type and remember, very difficult to crack. It would be easier use rubber hose cryptography to get the pass phrase.

keith

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Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
IT Support Professional Lead           College of Computing
keith.watson at cc.gatech.edu             801 Atlantic Drive NW
(404) 385-7401                         Atlanta, GA 30332-0280


> 
> My wife, who's not a super geek, rightly pointed out that the weak link in
> my chain is now the master password to the lastpass database.  If that
> were cracked at the lastpass website, or on a stolen PC, I'd be in
> trouble.  I do have to remember that one, and I do have to type it, every
> time I want to access the passwords for ANY site.  I'll have to give that
> some more thought.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Ron