Website password systems

Passwords are used on websites to authenticate users and are usually server-side, meaning the browser sends the password to the server (by HTTP POST), the server checks the password and sends back the relevant content (or an access denied message). This process eliminates the possibility of local reverse engineering as the code used to authenticate the password does not reside on the local machine.

The transmission of the password through the browser in plaintext means it can be intercepted along its journey to the server. Most web authentication systems use SSL to establish an encrypted session between the browser and the server. This is done automatically by the browser and ensures integrity of the session.

So-called website password and membership management systems often involve the use of Java or JavaScript code existing on the client side (meaning the visitor's web browser) HTML source code (for example, AuthPro). Drawbacks to such systems are the relative ease in bypassing or circumventing the protection by switching off JavaScript and Meta redirects in the browser, thereby gaining access to the protected web page. Others take advantage of server-side scripting languages such as ASP or PHP to authenticate users on the server before delivering the source code to the browser. Popular systems such as Sentry Login and Password Sentry take advantage of technology in which web pages are protected using such scripting language code snippets placed in front of the HTML code in the web page source saved in the appropriate extension on the server, such as .asp or .php.

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What is Password Safe

Whether the answer is one or hundreds, Password Safe allows you to safely and easily create a secured and encrypted user name/password list. With Password Safe all you have to do is create and remember a single "Master Password" of your choice in order to unlock and access your entire user name/password list.

Security starts with you, the user. Keeping written lists of passwords on scraps of paper, or in a text document on your desktop is unsafe and is easily viewed by prying eyes (both cyber-based and human). Using the same password over and over again across a wide spectrum of systems and web sites creates the nightmare scenario where once someone has figured out one password, they have figured out all your passwords and now have access to every part of your life (system, e-mail, retail, financial, work).

Password Safe allows you to manage your old passwords and to easily and quickly generate, store, organize, retrieve, and use complex new passwords, using password policies that you control. Once stored, your user names and passwords are just a few clicks away.

Using Password Safe you can organize your passwords using your own customizable references—for example, by user ID, category, web site, or location. You can choose to store all your passwords in a single encrypted master password list (an encrypted password database), or use multiple databases to further organize your passwords (work and home, for example). And with its intuitive interface you will be up and running in minutes.

How do I change my password

If you would like to change your Yahoo! password, just sign in to your Yahoo! account with your current password and click the Account Info or My Account link at the top of the page. You will be asked to re-enter your current password for verification. Then:

1. Click the "Change Password" link.
2. Enter your current password in the first box.
3. Enter your new password (as you would like it to be) in the second box.
4. Confirm your new password in the third box.
5. Click the "Save" button.

Your Yahoo! password will always apply to your entire Yahoo! account. This means that it will be valid not only for Yahoo! Mail, but also for Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Chat, My Yahoo!, Yahoo! Finance, and all of Yahoo!'s other personalized services.

Please Note: To better protect your account, make sure that your password is memorable for you but difficult for others to guess. Never use the same password that you have used in the past, and do not share your password with anyone. For security purposes, your new password must be a minimum of six characters long. A good password contains a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters (remember that your password is case sensitive) and numbers.

For additional information on choosing a strong password, please visit the Yahoo! Security Center.

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Email Password Recovery

Mail Password is an universal password recovery tool for POP3 email accounts. It recovers all POP3 email logins and passwords stored in your computer by your email software. Virtually all e-mail clients use password caching because it's very inconvenient to enter a password every time you get your mail. This means it is possible to find out a stored email password. The universal solution lies in POP3 server emulation. Mail Password uses this method to recover lost email passwords. Mail Password emulates POP3 server and E-mail client tells the password. As a result Mail Password supports ALL email programs. However there are two limitations, please read carefully.

· Mail Password does NOT recover passwords to Web-based email accounts (such as hotmail, yahoo, usa.net, etc.). Secret Explorer may help you with web-based emails under certain circumstances.

· Mail Password is intended to recover YOUR passwords only. It just extracts passwords stored on your computer. It is not a hacker's tool, Mail Password does not allow cracking any other passwords (in most cases it is illegal). So please do not ask us how to recover your lost password to president@whitehouse.gov account.

You should perform two easy steps to recover your lost password.

1. Run Mail Password and start the recovery process. Enter the POP3 server name to emulate. You can enter several names here.
2. Run your email software and check for a new mail. Mail Password will intercept and display the login name and the password.

Yahoo Messenger Password

Yahoo Messenger Password is a password recovery tool (although not a password cracker) that is used to recover lost or forgotten passwords for your Yahoo messenger accounts. It is important that the password you are trying to recover is stored on your computer (i.e. you are recovering your own password and not trying to crack someone’s passwords). Yahoo Messenger Password recovers stored login information for the current computer user.

Starting from Yahoo! Messenger v7.5, there is no way to recover the password even if it is stored on a local computer. However it is possible to transfer the stored password from one computer to another. You can use Yahoo Messenger Password to transfer the saved password to another computer.

The program is very simple to use, just launch it, make a few mouse clicks and you will get all information about your Yahoo Messenger account including password. You are not required to be a password recovery professional and make it through a lengthy configuration process – Yahoo Messenger Password works in a fully automatic mode. Even better, you don’t have to wait for hours for the password recovery process to complete. Your Yahoo passwords will be recovered instantly!

Note: this program is not a hacker tool. It won’t help you to find password of an arbitrary Yahoo user. Remember that only your own passwords (stored on your computer) can be recovered.

MSN Password

MSN Password is a password recovery tool (although not a password cracker) that is used to recover lost or forgotten passwords for your MSN messenger accounts. It is important that the password you are trying to recover is stored on your computer (i.e. you are recovering your own password and not trying to crack someone’s passwords). MSN Password recovers stored login information for the current computer user.

The program is very simple to use, just launch it, make a few mouse clicks and you will get all information about your MSN Messenger account including password. You are not required to be a password recovery professional and make it through a lengthy configuration process – MSN Password works in a fully automatic mode. Even better, you don’t have to wait for hours for the password recovery process to complete. Your MSN passwords will be recovered instantly!

Note: this program is not a hacker tool. It won’t help you to find password of an arbitrary MSN user. Remember that only your own passwords (stored on your computer) can be recovered.

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Password checker

Your online accounts, computer files, and personal information are more secure when you use strong passwords to help protect them.

Test the strength of your passwords: Enter a password in the text box to have Password Checker help determine its strength as you type.

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Note: Password Checker can help you to gauge the strength of your password. It is for personal reference only. Password Checker does not guarantee the security of the password itself.

Do you use strong passwords?

A strong password should appear to be a random string of characters to an attacker. It should be 14 characters or longer, (eight characters or longer at a minimum). It should include a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols.

About Password Checker

Password Checker does not collect, store, or transmit information beyond the computer that you use to access Password Checker. The image works on your computer desktop until you navigate away from the page.

The security of the passwords entered into Password Checker is similar to the security of the password you enter when you log into Windows. The password is checked and validated on your computer, but is not sent over the Internet.

Create a Strong, Memorable Password

Create a strong, memorable password in 6 steps

Use these steps to develop a strong password

1. Think of a sentence that you can remember. This will be the basis of your strong password or pass phrase. Use a memorable sentence, such as "My son Aiden is three years old."

2. Check if the computer or online system supports the pass phrase directly. If you can use a pass phrase (with spaces between characters) on your computer or online system, do so.

3. If the computer or online system does not support pass phrases, convert it to a password. Take the first letter of each word of the sentence that you've created to create a new, nonsensical word. Using the example above, you'd get: "msaityo".

4. Add complexity by mixing uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers. It is valuable to use some letter swapping or misspellings as well. For instance, in the pass phrase above, consider misspelling Aiden's name, or substituting the word "three" for the number 3. There are many possible substitutions, and the longer the sentence, the more complex your password can be. Your pass phrase might become "My SoN Ayd3N is 3 yeeRs old." If the computer or online system will not support a pass phrase, use the same technique on the shorter password. This might yield a password like "MsAy3yo".

5. Finally, substitute some special characters. You can use symbols that look like letters, combine words (remove spaces) and other ways to make the password more complex. Using these tricks, we create a pass phrase of "MySoN 8N i$ 3 yeeR$ old" or a password (using the first letter of each word) "M$8ni3y0".

6. Test your new password with Password Checker. Password Checker is a non-recording feature on this Web site that helps determine your password's strength as you type.

What makes a strong password

To an attacker, a strong password should appear to be a random string of characters. The following criteria can help your passwords do so:

Make it lengthy. Each character that you add to your password increases the protection that it provides many times over. Your passwords should be 8 or more characters in length; 14 characters or longer is ideal.

Many systems also support use of the space bar in passwords, so you can create a phrase made of many words (a "pass phrase"). A pass phrase is often easier to remember than a simple password, as well as longer and harder to guess.

Combine letters, numbers, and symbols. The greater variety of characters that you have in your password, the harder it is to guess. Other important specifics include:

The fewer types of characters in your password, the longer it must be. A 15-character password composed only of random letters and numbers is about 33,000 times stronger than an 8-character password composed of characters from the entire keyboard. If you cannot create a password that contains symbols, you need to make it considerably longer to get the same degree of protection. An ideal password combines both length and different types of symbols.

Use the entire keyboard, not just the most common characters. Symbols typed by holding down the "Shift" key and typing a number are very common in passwords. Your password will be much stronger if you choose from all the symbols on the keyboard, including punctuation marks not on the upper row of the keyboard, and any symbols unique to your language.

Use words and phrases that are easy for you to remember, but difficult for others to guess. The easiest way to remember your passwords and pass phrases is to write them down. Contrary to popular belief, there is nothing wrong with writing passwords down, but they need to be adequately protected in order to remain secure and effective.