Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Authenticaiton Methods - Username and Password

Username and password is one of the most common authentication methods and because it is common, this methods can be the weakest type of authentication.

Nowadays computer chips are more and more advanced and powerful which makes password cracking faster and easier. Other than password cracking program, password guessing is also an effective way to breaking into a systems. Therefore we need to construct a stronger password and change it every 2 -3 months.

Not only password should be protected, username is equally important as password, username should be kept as confidential as a password because once the intruders knows the username, half of the battle is already won.

For more password protection guide please visit:

Password Protection Guide