Top "Passwords" questions

Passwords are primarily used as a way of accessing information and also limiting the number of users who can get access to a machine.

Execute ssh with password authentication via windows command prompt

I need to execute ssh from windows command line by providing password in a non interactive manner. I could implement …

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Generating Random Passwords

When a user on our site loses his password and heads off to the Lost Password page we need to …

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Hash and salt passwords in C#

I was just going through one of DavidHayden's articles on Hashing User Passwords. Really I can't get what he is …

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MySQL user DB does not have password columns - Installing MySQL on OSX

I am trying to change MySql root password. What I have done is below. Install MySql-5.7.6 ~ .dmg(Community Server) and …

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Secure hash and salt for PHP passwords

It is currently said that MD5 is partially unsafe. Taking this into consideration, I'd like to know which mechanism to …

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Getting command-line password input in Python

You know how in Linux when you try some Sudo stuff it tells you to enter the password and, as …

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Cannot import the keyfile 'blah.pfx' - error 'The keyfile may be password protected'

We just upgraded our Visual Studio 2008 projects to Visual Studio 2010. All of our assemblies were strong signed using a Verisign …

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Simple way to encode a string according to a password?

Does Python have a built-in, simple way of encoding/decoding strings using a password? Something like this: >>> …

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What's the default password of mariadb on fedora?

I installed mysql through yum just now and the OS fedora installed mariadb for me. I know mariadb is a …

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How to switch between hide and view password

Is there a clever way to let the user switch between hide and view password in an android EditText? A …

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