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CodeInChaos
CodeInChaos
5:59 PM
Why so many BOFH avatars?
 
AviD
AviD
6:16 PM
@CodeInChaos awww maaaan... you broke it again!
Jun 12 at 14:19, by Scott Pack
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Q: BOFH Gravatar Week

WardThis is your chance to show your true colours... Use the (semi-) official Bastard Operator From Hell Gravatar for a week or a while. I don't think there's any particular reason, it just seemed like a good idea.

discussion bofh
but as long as you broke the code of silence, this made me larf:
> IT is an industry where black hats and white hats get together to wear Dr. Seuss hats, eat Cheeto’s and quaff Five Hour energy-style drinks while watching the suits get their suspenders twisted over the latest pimped up craze. And laugh their asses off the entire time. Or shake their heads in dismay if they haven’t had enough 5 Hour energies.
 
 
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Gilles
Gilles
11:50 PM
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Q: Do password complexity requirements reduce security by limiting search space?

landon9720I've read that password complexity requirements make passwords easier to guess via brute force attack. The reason for this is that the complexity requirement actually reduce the search space for brute force guessing by eliminating possible passwords. I would take this idea further by suggesting t...

security passwords
^^^^ On behalf of an SO mod: does IT Security want this? Flag it if you want it. (I left a comment with some near-dupes)
 

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