- Published:
- October 30, 2009 – 6:40 am
- Author:
- By Dave
I put this together for a project in a class I am taking, and thought it would be handy for others as well. The goal is to access a Windows filesystem and reset the password for a user, for example if someone forgot the Administrator password or the account is locked out from too many [...]
Categories: Software, System Administration, Tech, Ubuntu, Windows
Tagged: chntpw, livecd, password, Ubuntu, Windows
- Published:
- August 4, 2009 – 4:04 pm
- Author:
- By Dave
There have been a number of high profile account compromises due to the insecurity of password reset questions. Examples of two big ones off the top of my head are Sarah Palin Yahoo account compromise and the Twitter “Hacker Croll” fiasco. There have been many more compromises on accounts due to weaknesses in password reset questions, even [...]
Categories: Email, Social Media, Software, System Administration, Tech
Tagged: accounts, password, Security
- Published:
- May 5, 2009 – 6:51 am
- Author:
- By Dave
Came across this little maddening issue again today after fixing it a few months back. I created a directory that is password protected using a .htaccess file. However, when trying to access this folder or anything under this directory, a File Not Found 404 error from Wordpress is displayed before it even prompts you for [...]
Categories: Code Samples, Configurations, Other Code, Software, System Administration
Tagged: 404, apache, htaccess, password, wordpress