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  2. Password strength - Wikipedia

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    Password strength. Options menu of the random password generation tool in KeePass. Enabling more character subsets raises the strength of generated passwords a small amount, whereas increasing their length raises the strength a large amount. Password strength is a measure of the effectiveness of a password against guessing or brute-force attacks.

  3. ZIP (file format) - Wikipedia

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    ZIP files generally use the file extensions.zip or .ZIP and the MIME media type application/zip. ZIP is used as a base file format by many programs, usually under a different name. When navigating a file system via a user interface, graphical icons representing ZIP files often appear as a document or other object prominently featuring a zipper.

  4. Tips to create a strong password - AOL Help

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    Create a strong password. • Use unique words - Don't use obvious words like "password". • Have 12 or more characters - Longer passwords are more secure. • Avoid sequences or repeated characters - Don't use adjacent characters on your keyboard (QWERTY). • Use a different password for each site - Otherwise, if someone acquires one ...

  5. Time-based one-time password - Wikipedia

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    Time-based one-time password. Time-based one-time password ( TOTP) is a computer algorithm that generates a one-time password (OTP) using the current time as a source of uniqueness. As an extension of the HMAC-based one-time password algorithm (HOTP), it has been adopted as Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard RFC 6238. [1] TOTP is ...

  6. The Most Common Password Mistakes (and How to Avoid Them!) - AOL

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    The best way to prevent a problem is to be aware of what password mistakes you might make when creating or changing them. Here are the most common password mistakes: Using personal information as ...

  7. How to Create a Safe, Memorable Online Password - AOL

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    If your idea of a smart password is your first car followed by your mother's name, you need to get with the program. Hackers have recently stung Fox News (NWS) and Apple (AAPL), the International ...

  8. Here's how to manage your passwords — and your sanity - AOL

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    The program creates secure passwords for every single account you have – from social media to credit card accounts. It then stores all of those unique passwords in a secure vault that can be ...

  9. Digest access authentication - Wikipedia

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    The table of HA1 values must therefore be protected as securely as a file containing plaintext passwords. Digest access authentication prevents the use of a strong password hash (such as bcrypt) when storing passwords (since either the password, or the digested username, realm and password must be recoverable)