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Innectis - Minecraft Server => Announcements => Topic started by: Vector on February 12, 2014, 05:25:07 PM

Title: Forum accounts before 2013, change your password
Post by: Vector on February 12, 2014, 05:25:07 PM
This is nothing really alarming, but just as a precaution I am asking everyone who made their accounts before 2013 (I think september-october but just to be safe, before 2013) to change their passwords. No, there is no present threat of any kind, but I made a stupid decision in the past that could potentially cause problems.

I won't discuss it at all and don't ask, just know that I am doing this as a precaution.
Title: Re: Change your forum password
Post by: Eggnaug on February 12, 2014, 07:17:18 PM
Was due for a password change anyways. Had the same password for over 2 years.
Title: Re: Change your forum password
Post by: Snow_Owl82 on February 12, 2014, 07:30:01 PM
But I'm terrible at remembering passwords..
Title: Re: Change your forum password
Post by: Nicolethenikki on February 12, 2014, 07:31:04 PM
how.
Title: Re: Change your forum password
Post by: luetzj on February 13, 2014, 08:38:27 AM
*Adds extra one to password*
Title: Re: Change your forum password
Post by: Snow_Owl82 on February 13, 2014, 08:53:50 AM
*Adds extra one to password*
I might as well do that
Title: Re: Change your forum password
Post by: Vector on February 13, 2014, 12:37:45 PM
Depending on your password scheme, given your password was x characters long before, the amount of time to guess it would be even greater if your password was 1 character greater.

Given the following variables:

a = 26 (value is 0 if no alphabet present)
n = 10 (value is 0 if no numbers are present)
s (shift + the numbers above the alphabet keys) = 10 (value is 0 if special characters aren't present)

The modified formula for guessing your password becomes (a + n + s) ^ (x + 1)
Title: Re: Change your forum password
Post by: Snow_Owl82 on February 13, 2014, 12:56:27 PM
Depending on your password scheme, given your password was x characters long before, the amount of time to guess it would be even greater if your password was 1 character greater.

Given the following variables:

a = 26 (value is 0 if no alphabet present)
n = 10 (value is 0 if no numbers are present)
s (shift + the numbers above the alphabet keys) = 10 (value is 0 if special characters aren't present)

The modified formula for guessing your password becomes (a + n + s) ^ (x + 1)
(8+1+0)^(8+1) ?
Title: Re: Change your forum password
Post by: SGT_ADZ on February 13, 2014, 03:12:54 PM
Depending on your password scheme, given your password was x characters long before, the amount of time to guess it would be even greater if your password was 1 character greater.

Given the following variables:

a = 26 (value is 0 if no alphabet present)
n = 10 (value is 0 if no numbers are present)
s (shift + the numbers above the alphabet keys) = 10 (value is 0 if special characters aren't present)

The modified formula for guessing your password becomes (a + n + s) ^ (x + 1)

Is this even English?
Title: Re: Change your forum password
Post by: Vector on February 13, 2014, 03:42:01 PM
Depending on your password scheme, given your password was x characters long before, the amount of time to guess it would be even greater if your password was 1 character greater.

Given the following variables:

a = 26 (value is 0 if no alphabet present)
n = 10 (value is 0 if no numbers are present)
s (shift + the numbers above the alphabet keys) = 10 (value is 0 if special characters aren't present)

The modified formula for guessing your password becomes (a + n + s) ^ (x + 1)

Is this even English?
Basic math?
Title: Re: Change your forum password
Post by: l_iamW on February 13, 2014, 05:18:10 PM
but I don't wanna change my password  =(
Title: Re: Change your forum password
Post by: lillquake on February 13, 2014, 05:52:35 PM
Depending on your password scheme, given your password was x characters long before, the amount of time to guess it would be even greater if your password was 1 character greater.

Given the following variables:

a = 26 (value is 0 if no alphabet present)
n = 10 (value is 0 if no numbers are present)
s (shift + the numbers above the alphabet keys) = 10 (value is 0 if special characters aren't present)

The modified formula for guessing your password becomes (a + n + s) ^ (x + 1)


o-o wat
Title: Re: Change your forum password
Post by: Eggnaug on February 13, 2014, 09:12:16 PM
That is super basic math. :D
Title: Re: Change your forum password
Post by: lillquake on February 14, 2014, 09:18:44 AM
That is super basic math. :D

Well I dont have a "super basic" mind
Title: Re: Change your forum password
Post by: Vector on February 15, 2014, 02:28:00 PM
Changing your password isn't really required. The way SMF stores your password makes them quite secure, it was only a precautionary message of something that happened before 2013.

I will update the OP to make it more accurate.