Sweet Friday Link Love — All About Passwords

So if you haven’t heard, my New Year’s resolution for 2009 is to start linking out to other sites and interesting articles that I stumble upon during the week.

If you missed last week’s first ever Sweet Friday Link Love (which also included Train Signal’s Best of 2008) you can check it out here: Best of 2008 and Some Sweet Friday Link Love.

Today’s Link Love theme is Passwords, and I’ve found a few really good articles that I hope you’ll enjoy.

Strong Passwords, Weak Passwords and More Passwords!

• So I’m sure you’ve heard of Petri IT Knowledge Base (what IT professional hasn’t, right?) and you might have stumbled upon these posts already, but I’d like to include them anyway, just because they’re really good.
  
  The first one covers the steps for removing Microsoft Word document passwords and works on all versions of Office including Office 2007: How to Unlock Password Protected Word Documents
  
  My second pick shows you how to crack lost or forgotten passwords in Excel, so you can quickly unlock any password-encrypted Microsoft Excel documents: How to Crack Excel Spreadsheet Passwords

• This article has more of an end user focus, but you still might find it valuable. It shows you how to keep your passwords secure using a web service that allows you to log into your account from a public computer without disclosing your password to that computer: Keep Your Passwords Secret On A Public Computer With KYPS
• If you use Twitter, you’ll definitely find this article interesting! An 18-year-old hacker admitted to hijacking several high-profile Twitter accounts, including President-Elect Barack Obama’s, and the official feed for Fox News: Weak Password Brings ‘Happiness’ to Twitter Hacker
• And here are some tips to prevent the above from ever happening to you. Brian Rayner from UXBooth gives advice on how to choose effective passwords, keep track of them, and protect yourself from phishing: How To Pick Passwords That Protect Your Online Experience

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