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Katrana: Created page with "[ 4] Tynian: Password advisory
Fri Feb 19 11:55:25 1999
To: all
This advisory is to warn you to use a different password for every online
game that you play. On..."

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[ 4] Tynian: Password advisory 
Fri Feb 19 11:55:25 1999 
To: all 
This advisory is to warn you to use a different password for every online 
game that you play. Online games should be treated as 'untrusted', and 
you should presume that passwords that you provide to the game could be 
used against you in some manner. 
 
There have been reported instances of characters on TFC being hacked into. 
In at least one instance, it is apparent that the attacker had gotten the 
password from another MUD. If you use the same password on more than one 
online game, please change your password here ASAP. The character Toupta 
was broken into, and (failed) attempts have been made on Daelin and 
Beelzebub from the same source. NEVER use the same password for an online 
game as you have for your account(s) with an Internet Service Provider 
(ISP). Although many MUD's and other online games encrypt passwords that 
are stored in player files, not all games do. It is also possible to run 
password cracking software against the player files to decrypt these 
passwords, or 'sniff' a given network to capture passwords. 
 
Recommended practice is to use a different password for every character, 
or at least every site that you play on, and to choose a password that 
contains mixed case, punctuation or other symbols, and using words that 
can't be found in the dictionary. 
 
Although I can assure my players that I will not attempt to use their 
character passwords to try to break into other characters/accounts, 
don't take my (or anyone else's) word for it. Assume that your password 
can somehow be captured, and protect yourself by making it of limited 
use to the attacker. 
 
I have contacted the ISP the person/people used for the latest attacks, 
and have provided them with the information I have. The ISP is 
investigating. Based on my own investigation, I have banned one account/ 
site from accessing TFC. 
 
Tynian. 

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Katrana at 12:01, 27 March 2011

Katrana: Created page with "[ 4] Tynian: Password advisory Fri Feb 19 11:55:25 1999 To: all This advisory is to warn you to use a different password for every online game that you play. On..."

Katrana: Created page with "[ 4] Tynian: Password advisory
Fri Feb 19 11:55:25 1999
To: all
This advisory is to warn you to use a different password for every online
game that you play. On..."