GoDaddy.com Doesn’t Protect Customer’s Passwords

Unfortunately from time to time I have the unpleasant task of dealing with GoDaddy in one form or another, and today I noticed another failure with their services that caught me by surprise. If you knew how low my opinion of GoDaddy was to begin with, then you’d realize how bad the problem must have […]

Sharing Passwords Securely

It’s common for developers to share login credentials with clients and team members through e-mail or other insecure mediums, but there aren’t a lot firmly established best practices on how to do it properly. I came across a SuperUser thread yesterday that contains several good ideas, and decided to add one of my own as well.

.htaccess Auth Exceptions by URL

CSS-Tricks has a useful snippet showing how to make exceptions to .htaccess password protection based on the requested URL.

What Really Makes a Password Strong?

Bob Yexley turned me on to passphrases a few years ago when he linked to what became a seminal article on the topic by Robert Hensing. The argument is that passphrases — random words strung together to form a phrase, e.g., monkey stars hatchback questioning — are both more secure and easier to remember than what are […]

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Tag Archives: Passwords

GoDaddy.com Doesn’t Protect Customer’s Passwords

Sharing Passwords Securely

.htaccess Auth Exceptions by URL

What Really Makes a Password Strong?