Re^4: Why do you have to worry about Brute Force Attacks?

in reply to Re^3: Why do you have to worry about Brute Force Attacks?
in thread Why do you have to worry about Brute Force Attacks?

Err most of the ones i've used email you the new password after checking the right answer. So they would have to know your dogs name and have access to your email.

Email is sent out in plaintext over the network, remember?

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Re^5: Why do you have to worry about Brute Force Attacks? by eric256 (Parson) on Sep 27, 2006 at 22:58 UTC
Passwords to 99% of websites are sent out over the web in plaintext...remember? If you have access to my network then I'm going to assume that any of my web based transactions are open to you (save the banks and few other websites that have gone secure.) ___________ Eric Hodges	[reply]

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