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[Discuss] Are passwords even long enough?
- Subject: [Discuss] Are passwords even long enough?
- From: ingegnue at riseup.net (IngeGNUe)
- Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 08:50:35 -0400
- In-reply-to: <e96a001a-3503-a9c2-c06f-69fb7d94a6d5@gmail.com>
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On 07/06/16 23:59, Rich Pieri wrote: > On 7/6/2016 11:04 PM, IngeGNUe wrote: >> Yes I know I was very strong about it but that is Very rare, especially >> if you're not downloading software from untrusted sources. > > Guess again. There are 4885 known vulnerabilities (CVE numbers) in all > versions of WordPress core, plugins and themes as of this writing: > > https://wpvulndb.com/ Now, now, we're moving the goal post. First it was spyware, then it was malware in general, and now vulnerabilities? These are all distinct categories. > > That's worse than Microsoft's track record of 4399 CVE numbers for all > of their products since 1999: > > https://www.cvedetails.com/vendor/26/Microsoft.html > >> I doubt it. I don't do this. (Unless Google Apps are *by definition* a >> federated service.) > > Single sign-on is a subset of federated identity, so yes, Google's > authentication is a federated identity service by definition. > I'm having trouble understanding yet why it would be a risk for passwords as long as the federation remains within Google Apps (Drive, YouTube, Docs, Mail, the whole potato)
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