Passwords have been used for thousands of years as a means of identifying ourselves to others and in more recent times, to computers. It’s a simple concept – a shared piece of information kept secret between individuals and used to “prove” identity. Passwords in an IT context emerged in the 1960s with mainframe computers – large centrally operated computers with remote “terminals” for user access.
A Computer Can Guess More Than 100 Billion Passwords Per Second — Still Think Yours Is Secure?
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Tue, 09/22/2020 - 8:30am
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