# Passwords and Haxx0r5 **URL:** \ **Category:** talk\ **Created:** [August 12, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329 "2003-08-12T17:30:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yates](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58956e/32.png) [@Yates](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Yates)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329/1 "2003-08-12T17:30:23Z")
Thanks to the hard-working and industrious hacker community, the company where I serve my internship had a free holiday today that hopefully won’t cost us all our jobs. How did such a nefarious denizen of the digital underground infiltrate our most vital server? Well, in classic “the Boss” fashion, the Boss changed the system administrator password to “password.” This post serves as a warning to everyone out there about [COLOR=red]passwords[/COLOR] . I know most of you have heard this a million times, but KEEP YOUR PASSWORDS HARD TO GUESS! All a hacker needs is an opportunity like: Boss: Oh… the system admin is on vacation. I’ll just change his password to “password.” It will only until he comes back. No big deal. REMEMBER: NEVER USE THE FOLLOWING PASSWORDS -password -admin -user name (which is the user name associated with the pass) -"" (null string, just press return. You think this is clever, but trust me, you’re not the only one who’s come up with this) Other passwords to stay away from includes personal information a hacker can easily find out about. For example, if your name is Drew Yates and your birthday is 7/23/1984, then don’t make your password yates72384 NOTE:: that’s not my password, but I know someone will try anyways! :chinaman: So in advanced: it wont work! :::::::THIS HAS BEEN A COMMUNITY SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:::::: :::::WE NOW RETURN TO YOUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAM:::: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329/2 "2003-08-12T17:40:54Z")
PS:: If you’re AFRAID to answer because somebody may crack your password, that is fair warning to you that your password is NO GOOD and should be CHANGED. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329/3 "2003-08-12T17:43:00Z")
yea some people are stupid. I think there was a poll before about the most popular passwords and they were something like: password, god, sex, power my passwords are not anything like that, just random letters and numbers… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329/4 "2003-08-12T17:43:52Z")
I fixed it for you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329/5 "2003-08-12T17:58:02Z")
I use a variance of letters and numbers. They are always the same letters and/or numbers, but are arranged in different sequences. a friend used to have Joe1969 as his pswd. By the time he had been in the business for a few years, half of SF knew his pswd, and abused it terribly… it was actually funny. Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329/6 "2003-08-12T18:01:00Z")
Thanks Jubba for the fix :thumb: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329/7 "2003-08-12T18:20:40Z")
My password is just a random combination of letters and numbers. The problem is, no matter how sophisticated your password, anybody who is interested in finding it will get at it. Maybe the regular users or casual hackers can get by, but the hackers who are serious can get pretty much anything from you 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329/8 "2003-08-12T22:41:08Z")
Perhaps, but the least you can do is not make it easy for them! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329/9 "2003-08-12T22:51:35Z")
Random numbers, that I’ve memorised :bad: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329/10 "2003-08-12T23:12:15Z")
My password is very very simple… or else I would forget it…! :beam: Yo, soul whats up with the fruity colors? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329/11 "2003-08-13T00:37:26Z")
I had a temporary sex change - Soulette ![](http://www.awhiteflame.com/soulgirl.gif) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329/12 "2003-08-13T00:57:12Z")
:!: you just listed all the passwords I use! :quickly changes kirupa log-in pass: ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329/13 "2003-08-14T19:32:28Z")
I keep different passwords for different uses. I have one for sites that I dont transmit any sensitive information (I.E. Kirupa) And then I have the other passwords for bank accts/etc that I change every six months or so. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329/14 "2003-08-16T05:38:34Z")
I have different passwords for everything and they are all random. One for logon, one for email, one for aim, one for kirupa, on for geocities, etc. How i remember, them I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329/15 "2003-08-24T00:23:25Z")
Take a look here for some interesting myths about passwords and security. [http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1554](http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1554) after reading this I tried an experiment with lopht, 6 digit password with characters that can’t be typed on the keyboard, it went in 58 mins. 9 digit mixed case and numeric bit the dust in 3 hrs 27 mins “once more unto the breech dear friends” - 38 digits, very easy to remember, still hasn’t gone after 6 days… something to consider when choosing your next password? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329/16 "2003-08-24T01:50:20Z")
Hmmmm… yes… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329/17 "2003-08-24T06:13:08Z")
I have a few compound-words that use everywhere but I always throw dots, numbers and stuff somewhere in there so it won’t be easily crackable! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329/18 "2003-08-24T06:16:20Z")
huh, I guess the movie “Hackers” is wrong, people just don’t use the password: “GOD” like they used to. I guess hackers also stopped flying around in digital landscapes when they surfed the Internet, too… oh well. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329/19 "2003-08-24T06:26:43Z")
I use a word from another language. Like ‘puppetmastery’ in Swahili or something 😛 That’s not what I use, it’s just an example. Before, I used funny names of African villages 😛 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329/20 "2003-08-24T19:28:12Z")
I have bin an ex-member of phrozen crew and my password style is very different and not in the list=) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/passwords-and-haxx0r5/28329.md?page=2)