AplusWebMaster
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FYI…
- http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?do…&print=true
FEBRUARY 22, 2007 ~ "…Researchers at the University of Maryland recently completed a study in which four live Linux servers were set out as bait to see how often they would be attacked. The study racked up 269,262 attempts in a 24-day period… During that time, 824 attempts were successful – the attacker got the server's username and password. On average, that means that each of the servers was "cracked" almost 10 times a day…
Most commonly-guessed passwords in cyberspace, in order of frequency (to be avoided):
* 1. (username)
* 2. (username)123
* 3. 123456
* 4. password
* 5. 1234
* 6. 12345
* 7. passwd
* 8. 123
* 9. test
* 10. 1 …
The username "root" – which traditionally has given administrators access to multiple systems at the root level – is by far the most frequently-guessed, with "admin" finishing a distant second…"
- http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?do…&print=true
FEBRUARY 22, 2007 ~ "…Researchers at the University of Maryland recently completed a study in which four live Linux servers were set out as bait to see how often they would be attacked. The study racked up 269,262 attempts in a 24-day period… During that time, 824 attempts were successful – the attacker got the server's username and password. On average, that means that each of the servers was "cracked" almost 10 times a day…
Most commonly-guessed passwords in cyberspace, in order of frequency (to be avoided):
* 1. (username)
* 2. (username)123
* 3. 123456
* 4. password
* 5. 1234
* 6. 12345
* 7. passwd
* 8. 123
* 9. test
* 10. 1 …
The username "root" – which traditionally has given administrators access to multiple systems at the root level – is by far the most frequently-guessed, with "admin" finishing a distant second…"
