Increasing Password Security: Hash with sha256 Client-Side
An important part of user registration and authentication is the security of their password. A password stored in plain-text, or transfered over the internet in plain-text without the use of a SSL certificate can lead to the theft of the password, posing a security risk to not only the user but to your site as [...]
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Twitter’s Most Common Passwords
While locking down their security, Twitter posted a list of the 370 most used passwords by their users. I highly recommend looking at the list and changing your default password (for any email client, application, computer, etc) if it’s on there. 1. 111111 2. 11111111 3. 112233 4. 121212 5. 123123 6. 123456 7. 1234567 [...]
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