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Empty String Password

Article ID: 201
Last updated: 09 May, 2008
Views: 358
Posted: 09 May, 2008
by: Tech Pubs S.
Updated: 09 May, 2008
by: Tech Pubs S.

Abstract

Using an empty string as a password is insecure.

Description

It is never appropriate to use an empty string as a password. It is too easy to guess. Empty string password makes the authentication as weak as the user names, which are normally public or guessable. This make a brute-force attack against the login interface much easier.

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