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This article was first posted on my old blog at http://www.bloglines.com/blog/wsodeman?id=285

http://www.wired.com/news/columns/1,72458-0.html

Bruce Schneier discusses how password crackers work, and how users can create more secure passwords that will resist these attacks.

His earlier analysis of 34,000 MySpace passwords was alarming. Many MySpace users have passwords that are easy to crack or guess. The most popular choice was password1

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,72300-0.html