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From: Warren Oates on 27 Jan 2010 07:47
In article <1jcx94r.bqjnm91po7ubuN%nospam(a)see.signature>,
nospam(a)see.signature (Richard Maine) wrote:

> Talking my 80-year-old mother-in-law go through adding a new MAC address
> to a filter list is a non-starter. Having her even remember a password
> is not much more likely,

It's wurst on windows, where she'd have to type the damned password in
twice. I watch our guests doing that, and I just shake my head in pity.
--
Very old woody beets will never cook tender.
-- Fannie Farmer
From: Warren Oates on 27 Jan 2010 07:52
In article <michelle-52767C.11101626012010(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote:

> It's the handle I used on a dialup BBS system in the 1980s followed by my
> Army Service number (the one they used before the switched to social
> security numbers in the late 1960s) followed by the military pay grade I
> held the day I retired from the army.

Well, it's unlikely anyone here can figure it out, but you're using
publicly (or quasi-publicly) available information that a dedicated
snooper could probably come up with pretty fast. One could probably send
what you just posted to one of those cracking services and get it back
within 48 hours or less. The biggest problem would be tracking down the
BBS data.
--
Very old woody beets will never cook tender.
-- Fannie Farmer
From: Warren Oates on 27 Jan 2010 08:01
In article <kevin-9E6B36.21494826012010(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
Kevin Michael Vail <kevin(a)vaildc.net> wrote:

> Besides, if you turn off the SSID broadcast, you can't use it to tell
> your neighbors things:

I like that. Unfortunately, the Airport isn't extreme enough to
broadcast as far as the neighbours I'd like to annoy.
--
Very old woody beets will never cook tender.
-- Fannie Farmer
From: Fred Moore on 27 Jan 2010 15:41
In article <lloydparsons-E8B350.14223327012010(a)port80.individual.net>,
Lloyd Parsons <lloydparsons(a)mac.com> wrote:
> In article <dxizd0mOwXzR-pn2-HnRlZd5eNvMd(a)localhost>,
> "John Varela" <OLDlamps(a)verizon.net> wrote:
> > For example: wwtmwesabamsa8tr -- when what to my wondering eyes
> > should appear but a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer.
>
> I'd never remember that string. I remember the phrase, but then I
> learned it way before becoming an old fart! :)

It doesn't have to be difficult, but it should be long to deter
cracking. Mine is 63 low-ASCII characters--the max my wireless router
will take.

Just come up with something like 'my name is lloyd'. Munge it slightly
'myN(a)m3!sL10yd' (13 characters). Then repeat it up to or near the limit
of the wireless connection. 4 reps will give you 52 characters.
From: James Leo Ryan on 27 Jan 2010 18:22

There are times when I want to believe the primary purpose of those
extra long and extra complex passwords are so the soulmate, husband,
wife, or such, has little chance of accessing one's porno collection.

Facetiosness aside, I have no recollection of my relatively short and
easy to remember password having been violated.

--
James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas --- taliesinsoft(a)me.com

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