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Giveawayoftheday is offering Password Generator 2008 for free for another 6 hours, so hurry up and grab a copy if you want to have some security.

Usernames and passwords are the place where internet security could really be improved. One commenter sparked a post, Information security on the internet, and something I probably left out, or at least didn’t mention specifically, is that the source of most attacks is the inability of users act normally and safely.

When you’re at the ATM, you don’t read your PIN number out loud as you type it, but on the net many do the internet equivalent of it.

Don’t use a birth date as a code for example, seeing that most of the users are below 50 and above 12 I can break any password in about 40 goes. Also, don’t use your name, or any meaningful word, since those again are breakable. You are up to about 5000 variations then, but for code breaker software, that’s about 10 seconds.

If you want to be safe, use a password like A.;ksb#cv@72=1AHdi;p. Try and break that. You can use a program like Shortkeys to paste these codes safely without fear of someone “listening in” and that’s it. To create these passwords you can just make them up randomly like I did, or use the help of sophisticated applications like Password Generator 2008.

You can control a huge load of variables, so if an application restricts the password to 8 characters and “;” can not be used for example, you will have no problem programing this into the generator. You can generate user names to go along with the passwords, you can generate pronounceable passes, and you can export them. In addition you can create up to 1,000 passes at once (50,000 for pro users) and you can set to block consecutive characters, both alphabetical (abcde) and keyboard (asdf).

The program also has a very modern user interface, mimicking Office 2007’s ribbon. This makes navigation a breeze an I just love the ribbon, so developing an interface like it is a definite plus in my book, even if it is a slight ripoff. I think this program is worth the download, especially since it is free for the next few hours. Normally it costs EUR 40, which is about $50, so at least a test run is warranted, if you don’t like it, just uninstall it.

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