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Dear confocal listserv members--
There apparently are computers making brute-force and dictionary attacks
on accounts with popular e-mail servers such as yahoo.com and gmail.com.
Once compromised, the account is used to send spam--sometimes to
everyone on the victim's address list. The recipients could include
this listserv.
To help avoid problems, please take a moment to consider the strength of
the password you use on your account. The guidelines are simple: use no
words or names from any language; longer is (exponentially) better; mix
uppercase, lowercase, numerical and symbolic characters. Of the above,
probably the most important are to avoid words and names, and to
increase length. A 6-character password can be cracked in seconds; a
14-character password could take years by the same machine. Wikipedia
has a discussion of password strength if you're interested.
Thanks and secure computing!
Martin Wessendorf
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Martin Wessendorf, Ph.D. office: (612) 626-0145
Assoc Prof, Dept Neuroscience lab: (612) 624-2991
University of Minnesota Preferred FAX: (612) 624-8118
6-145 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St. SE Dept Fax: (612) 626-5009
Minneapolis, MN 55455 e-mail:
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