PAsSworDS
For the better part of my career I worked around computers. I saw the progression from bulky mammoth mainframes to the first ‘desk top’. There were times when there were no networks between computers. You would copy material onto some medium and walk it or mail it over to another computer. At each step, we thought it was all pretty cool! Who could imagine? Before too long the concept of passwords was introduced. At first all it was for was to unlock a screen to allow open access to an entire computer. It was nothing more than a house key and there were zero requirements on password string - other than it had to be at least 4 characters as I recall. My first password was ‘OpenSesame’. I thought it was clever and it made me laugh. Of course in today’s environment it would fail nearly all password security measures. Once networks took hold and security became more of a reality, passwords grew up. Before the advent of ...