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| ====== Secure passwords ====== | ====== Secure passwords ====== | ||
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| The ideal handling of passwords would look like this: | The ideal handling of passwords would look like this: | ||
| - | Integrated into our brain would be a [[wpde>MySQL]] database that could store an infinite amount of information and retrieve it at any time. We would then be able to remember every password. Of course, this is completely utopian. At least with the current state of technology. But what we can't do, a computer can do for us. But more on that later. | + | Integrated into our brain would be a [[wp>MySQL]] database that could store an infinite amount of information and retrieve it at any time. We would then be able to remember every password. Of course, this is completely utopian. At least with the current state of technology. But what we can't do, a computer can do for us. But more on that later. |
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| - The database must not be stored in plain text | - The database must not be stored in plain text | ||
| - | Such a programme | + | Such a tool is [[https:// |
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| To ensure a certain basic security of your data on the Internet, it is important to keep a few things in mind: | To ensure a certain basic security of your data on the Internet, it is important to keep a few things in mind: | ||
| - | * Passwords should always be sent via a [[https:// | + | * Passwords should always be sent via a [[wp>Transport_Layer_Security]] connection |
| * Use a different password for each site | * Use a different password for each site | ||
| * Follow the basic [[en: | * Follow the basic [[en: | ||
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| ===== 6.0 Multifactor authentication ===== | ===== 6.0 Multifactor authentication ===== | ||
| - | Wherever possible [[https:// | + | Wherever possible [[wp>MFA]] should be used wherever possible (e.g. via an authenticator app or a hardware token). |
| ===== 7.0 Conclusion ===== | ===== 7.0 Conclusion ===== | ||
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