Windows Server 2003 is ISIS-MTT certified | Bill Gates: the era of passwords is over

MS Security Expert wants to note passwords

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25.05.2005 CNET, silicon.com, futurezone.orf.at

Jesper Johansson from Microsoft means, that passwords should be written down, because forbidding this results in weak passwords.

We say passwords are a weak mean of authentication. Cryptographic methoden like certifikates or One Time Pass are much better suitable for this purpose.

Because of the tremendous amounts of passwords which everone, which is in contact with IT, has to remember, the additional problems of weak and reused passwords arise. You also have to notice, that with increasing performance of computers - passwords have to become more and more sophisticated and less remindable.

Noticing ones passwords, will help for the short term - if the notice is protected adaquate, because its now a "Single Point of Failure". You will find many programs which store passwords well or not so well, - better protection provides extra hardware, like smart cards. They can store your passwords or compute your actual one time pass and can also work with certificates for migrating the applications smoothly - like Safenet Axis is doing.

More about passwords, the necessary protection and alternatives - your will find in the Cryptoshop Knowledge Base.

Linktipps

	Passwords vs. OTP vs. PKI in the knowledge base
	Password protection and quality in the knowledge base
	Single Sign On Systems in the knowledge base
	Costs of a password system in the knowledge base

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