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From crypt To GPU Breakers … thank Morris!

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Okay. We all know that passwords are on the way out, as they just don’t protect us full anymore. Hopefully, soon, most systems will use MFA (Multifactor Authentication). For the history of the password, we need to go back to the 1960s, and to the days when IBM ruled the computing world, and where mainframe computers ruled the roost:

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Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE
ASecuritySite: When Bob Met Alice

Professor of Cryptography. Serial innovator. Believer in fairness, justice & freedom. Based in Edinburgh. Old World Breaker. New World Creator. Building trust.