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Everyone hates passwords: why do we still use them? (security@cambridge)



This lecture is part of my undergraduate security course at the University of Cambridge.

00:00 Intro
01:47 Authentication
04:41 How do passwords work?
05:33 Hashing
06:56 Salting
11:53 Key stretching
12:36 Cracking hashed passwords (other video)
12:42 Jimmy Kimmel
14:17 How passwords fail
19:17 Why are passwords still with us?
22:47 Alternatives to passwords

Other lectures in this series:

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Capture-the-flag security competitions I co-founded:

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