15 December 2007

Security through RSI


Security through RSI, originally uploaded by Xurble.

This is the most irritating dialog in Windows. Why on earth do I need to type my WEP password twice? It's a huge hexadecimal number. Is it a security feature? Are hackers really breaking into my Router by randomly typing in huge keys and are therefore deterred by having to do it twice?

What other system requires you to type a password twice to gain access (rather than to, for example, confirm a password change)?

Thanks for nothing


Thanks for nothing, originally uploaded by Xurble.

Thank you windows for installing updates and rebooting my machine while I went to get a snack.

I feel more secure now and am not even slightly narked by the loss of the data in my open, unsaved document.