On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Erika L. Rich <[email protected]> wrote:
> > such negativity ... :P > Amazons web hosting business could be making it easier for hackers to steal information such as wireless passwords, according to a German security expert. Read more: http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2274161/amazon-cloud-hosting-wireless#ixzz1CI4wxJR5 And to bust the myth right? Positivity... 2009 when this came out... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/02/amazon_cloud_password_cracking/ Forget what you've learned about password security. A simple pass code with nothing more than lower-case letters may be all you need - provided you use 12 characters. That's the conclusion of security consultant David Campbell, who calculated the cost of waging a brute-force attack on various types of passwords using cloud computing services offered by Amazon. <http://ad.uk.doubleclick.net/jump/reg.security.4159/identity;tile=2;pos=top;dcove=d;sz=336x280;ord=TUIe6cCoAT8AAFi8aasAAABQ?> Based on hourly fees Amazon charges for its EC2 web service<http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/>, it would cost more than $1.5m to brute force a 12-character password containing nothing more than lower-case letters a through z. But user beware, an 11-character code costs less than $60,000 to crack, and a 10-letter phrase costs less than $2,300. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:333732 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
