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"Rude password - login denied": the AT&T April Fool that wasn't

by Paul Ducklin on April 1, 2013 | 29 Comments
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Why, and more importantly, *how*, would you go about weeding out rude passwords?

Surely an April Fool?

Paul Ducklin takes a look...

SHA-1 brute-force attack trimmed by 21% - paper from Oslo password hacking conference

by Paul Ducklin on December 9, 2012 | Leave a comment
SHA-1 brute-force attack trimmed by 21% - paper from Oslo password hacking conference

Jens Steube, author of the pasword cracking tool hashcat, can make your SHA-1 password cracking tool 25% faster.

Just like that.