PhillipB

So I'm having an argument with a friend of mine and I would like to know your thoughts on the subject. When creating usernames and passwords for a server, I think it's better to use strong usernames with strong passwords. It seems that a bunch of random characters for the username (and obviously the password) would make it harder for a hacker to guess/brute force attack. My friend seems to disagree because he says usernames are stored unencrypted in various locations on a server and are easily discoverable anyway...so there really is no added level of security by using a strong username. What are your thoughts...do you guys use simple or strong usernames and why?