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Brian's "friend" hacked Jason's LotR Online account on first guess with "youshallnotpassword" and then "convinced" "Brian," who is totally not his own friend, to spearhead an episode on password security so that Jason can go back to securely hobbit frolicking or whatever else you're supposed to do in that game.
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Additional Information
NIST's guidelines
https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/
Jim Fenton's presentation
https://slideshare.net/jim_fenton/toward-better-password-requirements
Naked Security on Sophos
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/08/18/nists-new-password-rules-what-you-need-to-know/
XKCD comic
https://xkcd.com/936/
XKCD explanation
https://explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/936:_Password_Strength
Numberphile explains the enigma machine
https://youtu.be/V4V2bpZlqx8
PasswordMeter
http://passwordmeter.com/
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Music used in this episode:
"Things Work Out Eventually" by fantompower
https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-raw-cuts-2
"Sleepin" by Jhfly
https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-raw-cuts-2
"Lament (ft. Plusma)" by Philanthrope
https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-raw-cuts
"Pine Trees" by Juan RIOS
https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-winter-2016
"Lovely Rita" by Birocratic
https://chillhop.bandcamp.com/album/chillhop-essentials-winter-2016
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This episode was made with the help of:
Brian Brushwood - host -- https://twitter.com/shwood
Jason Murphy - host / researcher -- https://instagram.com/captainmurphy
Brandt Hughes - camera operator / editor / researcher -- https://twitter.com/gatowag
Bryce Castillo - camera operator / live audio engineer -- https://twitter.com/brycas