Comments on: Acrobat 9, ElcomSoft And Password Encryption http://www.4xpdf.com/2009/01/acrobat-9-elcomsoft-and-password-encryption/ PDF News, PDF Articles, PDF Tips and PDF Rants on ... PDF! Sat, 14 May 2011 22:40:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Rowan Hanna http://www.4xpdf.com/2009/01/acrobat-9-elcomsoft-and-password-encryption/comment-page-1/#comment-796 Rowan Hanna Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:07:27 +0000 http://www.4xpdf.com/?p=959#comment-796 If you want to generate long and high-quality random passwords, then I recommend checking out <a href="https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm" rel="nofollow">Perfect Passwrods</a>. A little info: "The use of these maximum-entropy passwords minimizes (essentially zeroes) the likelihood of successful "dictionary attacks" since these passwords won't appear in any dictionary. So you should always try to use passwords like these." If you want to generate long and high-quality random passwords, then I recommend checking out Perfect Passwrods. A little info:

“The use of these maximum-entropy passwords minimizes (essentially zeroes) the likelihood of successful “dictionary attacks” since these passwords won’t appear in any dictionary. So you should always try to use passwords like these.”

]]> By: How-to: Add A Digital Signature To A PDF File | 4xPDF Blog http://www.4xpdf.com/2009/01/acrobat-9-elcomsoft-and-password-encryption/comment-page-1/#comment-706 How-to: Add A Digital Signature To A PDF File | 4xPDF Blog Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:10:38 +0000 http://www.4xpdf.com/?p=959#comment-706 [...] useful. Especially for those of you who are nervous about password encryption after the recent Acrobat 9 and ElcomSoft [...] [...] useful. Especially for those of you who are nervous about password encryption after the recent Acrobat 9 and ElcomSoft [...]

]]> By: James King On Digital Signatures | 4xPDF Blog http://www.4xpdf.com/2009/01/acrobat-9-elcomsoft-and-password-encryption/comment-page-1/#comment-695 James King On Digital Signatures | 4xPDF Blog Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:57:29 +0000 http://www.4xpdf.com/?p=959#comment-695 [...] series of articles is definitely worth checking out if you’re worried about password encryption in Acrobat 9. Related Posts:Forget your password?Visit Digital Documents…Acrobat 9, ElcomSoft And Password [...] [...] series of articles is definitely worth checking out if you’re worried about password encryption in Acrobat 9. Related Posts:Forget your password?Visit Digital Documents…Acrobat 9, ElcomSoft And Password [...]

]]> By: Rowan Hanna http://www.4xpdf.com/2009/01/acrobat-9-elcomsoft-and-password-encryption/comment-page-1/#comment-693 Rowan Hanna Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:03:20 +0000 http://www.4xpdf.com/?p=959#comment-693 Jeff Atwood has written a little about how these brute <a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001206.html" rel="nofollow">force dictionary attacks</a> are carried out. It is definitely not rocket science, which makes choosing a good password even more important. Jeff Atwood has written a little about how these brute force dictionary attacks are carried out. It is definitely not rocket science, which makes choosing a good password even more important.

]]> By: Karl De Abrew http://www.4xpdf.com/2009/01/acrobat-9-elcomsoft-and-password-encryption/comment-page-1/#comment-678 Karl De Abrew Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:29:11 +0000 http://www.4xpdf.com/?p=959#comment-678 Ah, yes -- the classic "123456" -- a cracker proof password if ever I've seen one. I guess I'd better go change mine then :-) Ah, yes — the classic “123456″ — a cracker proof password if ever I’ve seen one. I guess I’d better go change mine then :-)

]]> By: Rowan Hanna http://www.4xpdf.com/2009/01/acrobat-9-elcomsoft-and-password-encryption/comment-page-1/#comment-675 Rowan Hanna Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:59:15 +0000 http://www.4xpdf.com/?p=959#comment-675 For those of you who are interested in using Password Safe, Joel Spolsky has a very useful tip on how you can combine it with DropBox to ensure that you have access to your really long and random passwords on all of your machines (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc). Read it: <a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/09/11b.html" rel="nofollow">Password management finally possible</a> For those of you who are interested in using Password Safe, Joel Spolsky has a very useful tip on how you can combine it with DropBox to ensure that you have access to your really long and random passwords on all of your machines (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc).

Read it: Password management finally possible

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