Smart Pass
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With the number of passwords that the average computer user needs today, choosing strong ones is extremely important.
Many people are unaware of the tactics used by people trying to break into their accounts. If the attacker has a personal
knowledge of you, they can try to guess your password. Perhaps you used the title to your favorite song, your nickname,
or your dog's name. These are all these things that are easily guessed by someone that knows you.
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If the attacker does not know you, they can resort to a brute force attack. This entails running a program that will automate guessing every
possible combination of characters that could make up your password. As you might guess, this can take a very long time.
To drastically reduce the time this takes, the attacker will most likely choose to use a brute force dictionary attack.
This method is similar to the last one but it only tries words present in a dictionary. Since most people will use a single
word as their password, this method is very effective.
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If, on the other hand, you choose a password that is a random string of uppercase characters, lowercase characters, numbers,
and punctuation, the brute force dictionary attack will not work, and the attacker will most likely continue onto someone else
with a password that is easier to guess. This is where Smart Pass comes in. Every time you are asked to choose a password, launch
Smart Pass and generate a random one. You can customize it to specify the length of the password (always choose a password that is
as long as is allowed). You can also specify what types of characters are allowed (uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers,
and punctuation marks).
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| Features |
- Generates passwords from 1 to 24 characters in length.
- The user can select what types of characters to include in the password including uppercase letters,
lowercase letters, numbers, and punctiation marks. ( - : * # $ % & + . / )
- The password can be copied for use in other PalmOS applications.
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Remembering more than one of these randomly generated passwords would be difficult for anyone but we are lucky to have password
vault applications like the Keychain on MacOS. These applications allow you to store all of your passwords so that you don't forget them.
They are encrypted so that no one else can read them and in some cases, the system will fill out the password fields for you,
so you don't even have to type them. These applications are usually accessed by a single password, which you have to remember.
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Smart Pass is available for the following platforms:
PalmOS
PalmOS 3.1 or later.
Please feel free to send us feedback on Smart Pass, especially if you have a use for it that you feel is new or unique.
Send all feedback to feedback@trinfinitysoftware.com.
Smart Pass is freeware. You can download and use it for free. If you would like to redistribute it, please contact info@trinfinitysoftware.com for permission.
Latest Version
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Size |
Version |
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| Smart Pass (.sit) |
18K |
1.0 |
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| Smart Pass (.zip) |
7.0K |
1.0 |
Download |
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