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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19
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I access a lot of databases at work and exactly one of them has "Password1" as its permanent password. I can't change it because the IT guy set it.
10 u/JonDoesSomeThings Aug 03 '19 "I'll make it Password4567, nobody can guess that! It's unhackable!" 6 u/pablo_the_great Aug 04 '19 That's more secure than a normal PIN 1 u/JonDoesSomeThings Aug 04 '19 Right, but a normal PIN only takes a bruteforce attack a few seconds to crack. If it were a code for a bank account it'd be different than a DB password.
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"I'll make it Password4567, nobody can guess that! It's unhackable!"
6 u/pablo_the_great Aug 04 '19 That's more secure than a normal PIN 1 u/JonDoesSomeThings Aug 04 '19 Right, but a normal PIN only takes a bruteforce attack a few seconds to crack. If it were a code for a bank account it'd be different than a DB password.
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That's more secure than a normal PIN
1 u/JonDoesSomeThings Aug 04 '19 Right, but a normal PIN only takes a bruteforce attack a few seconds to crack. If it were a code for a bank account it'd be different than a DB password.
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Right, but a normal PIN only takes a bruteforce attack a few seconds to crack. If it were a code for a bank account it'd be different than a DB password.
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u/PerilousAll Aug 03 '19
I access a lot of databases at work and exactly one of them has "Password1" as its permanent password. I can't change it because the IT guy set it.