Chapter 1. Windows Operating System – Password Attacks
Information in This Chapter
- Windows Passwords Overview
- How Windows Password Attacks Work
- Dangers with Windows Password Attacks
- Future of Windows Password Attacks
- Defenses against Windows Password Attacks
Passwords play an important role in information security as well as in other forms of authentication by providing a low-tech solution for protecting resources that should not be readily available to unauthenticated or unauthorized people or services. If we think about the passwords we have and the type of information they protect, the importance of passwords becomes clear. For instance, what if we were able to register usernames for social sites such as Twitter,[A] Facebook,[B] and ...
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