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Subject: the easiest way to not get hacked..


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riley w.
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Date Posted: 21:37:51 08/24/02 Sat
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In reply to: j 's message, "Re: FireSt0rm Interview" on 21:17:13 08/24/02 Sat

hacking really doesn't take much talent. You just need to have the right programs, software,etc. Hackers usually do something called "brute-force" when it comes to retrieving passwords.. that is.. they have a program that tries matching every single possible password with the username until it gets a good match. Its easy to avoid getting brute-forced. Just make your password a very long thread of random letters and numbers, some in caps, others not. I believe an expage password can have up to 16 characters. I 16 character password with random letters and numbers, with random letters in caps, could take a program more than a month to find.Then you have the 11 year old idiots who actually sit there manually guessing passwords. So then you'd be VERY safe :D

as for asking firest0rm questions.. I've talked to him before. He'll talk, but won't tell you much. good luck with it all though.
---riley w.

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