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.

How to use MD5 in javascript to transmit a password

I have a jquery dialog modal box pop up for logging into my website. When a user clicks login it …

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Changing an AIX password via script?

I am trying to change a password of a user via script. I cannot use sudo as there is a …

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Masking password input from the console : Java

How to mask a password from console input? I'm using Java 6. I've tried using console.readPassword(), but it wouldn't work. …

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Regex to validate password strength

My password strength criteria is as below : 8 characters length 2 letters in Upper Case 1 Special Character (!@#$&*) 2 numerals (0-9) 3 letters in …

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Password Strength Meter

I have a situation where I would like to be able to rate a users password in the web interface …

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Best way for a 'forgot password' implementation?

I'm looking for the best method to implement a "forgot password" feature. I come out with 2 ideas: When user click …

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Enter export password to generate a P12 certificate

I would like to generate a P12 certificate from a .key and .pem. I'm running this command and get prompted …

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MySQL Utilities - ~/.my.cnf option file

I am trying to use 2 of the mysql utilities, mysqldiff and mysqldbcompare and want to avoid putting my password on …

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SVN encrypted password store

I installed SVN on a Ubuntu machine and I can't get my head around something. Whenever I checkout something from …

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How to hash a password with SHA-512 in Java?

I've been investigating a bit about Java String encryption techniques and unfortunately I haven't find any good tutorial how to …

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