Password protection of GnuCash data file

[Colin Law]

On 17 September 2015 at 13:11, David Carlson
<david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/17/2015 2:20 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>> On 16 September 2015 at 23:44, David Carlson
>> <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 9/16/2015 3:25 PM, Colin Law wrote:
>>>> On 16 September 2015 at 20:36, David Carlson
>>>> <david.carlson.417 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> ...
>>>>> For example a password protected
>>>>> home Wi-Fi router can be hacked from the street in a matter of minutes
>>>> I don't believe that is true assuming one is using WPA2 and a good password.
>>>>
>>>> Colin
>>>> .
>>>>
>>> If you go to youtube and search for cracking wireless routers using
>>> wpa2,  there are several videos claiming that it can be done in seconds
>>> with a poor password, maybe an hour or two if it has a very good
>>> password.
>> Obviously with a poor password it is correct that it can be broken by
>> a brute force dictionary attack.  With a good password I believe this
>> is not the case.  Can you provide an authoritative links indicating
>> otherwise?  It may come as a surprise to you but my belief is that not
>> everything on youtube should be taken at face value.
>>
>> Colin
>>
>
> We, as individuals do not have the resources or the desire to verify
> most of the claims that are out there on the Internet.  My point is that
> we are always taking risks and we should be prudent when we know ways to
> reduce them.
> I was merely pointing out that some defenses are not as secure as one
> might think.

That may have been your point, but I think you should not have made it
by making unsubstantiated claims such as "a password protected home
Wi-Fi router can be hacked from the street in a matter of minutes".
When all credible sources suggest that WPA2 with a good password is
effectively unhackable.


Colin