Surazal's Journal: About Security

Somehow or another the subject of security gets my blood boiled, at work or at home. This is probably because I've been burned securty-wise before and I'll get burned again, no doubt.

Sometimes, I wonder to myself, what would happen if I had a chance to sit on Larry King Live to talk about computer security issues. My question to Larry would be "Larry, when was the last time you changed your password?" And if he didn't come up with a satisfactory answer, I'd probably make him change his password, right there, live on CNN. AND I would make sure he used non-alphanumeric characters in the danged thing.

Well, no not really. I've been guilty (and am still guilty) of bad password management. Every once in a while I try to go through and audit my accounts to make sure I don't have anything out there left dangling for the next script kiddie to come across and snag. But password security is tough to maintain, and I can't help but wonder if there is a better way since passwords (out there in the real world) aren't a very effective tool against computer-related break-ins.

Even for an educated geek like myself.