Passwords.... WAIT!... Good Passwords
Submitted by dan on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 12:33pm
I saw this link in my seldom used Twitter feed this morning.... 25 Worst Passwords of 2011 Revealed. I'm happy to say that none of my personal or work passwords are even remotely close to any of these. In fact my favorite password is one I've used since 7th grade when I wrote my very first password program on an Apple IIe computer! There was no encryption but it kept all my nerdy friends (and teachers) out of my files! In fact it's a very strong password which today protects my personal Facebook account.
If your password was on the list or if you think it's not far off, then consider making a stronger one. Here's a free online password generator that will crank out complex random passwords all day long. Of course random passwords are impossible to remember. But a good password manager such as Keepass might make that task much easier.
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Good passwords are long
Good passwords are long enough, easy to remember and hard to guess. If your password is shorter than 12 -14 characters, don't worry about whether it's strong enough- it's short enough for computers to guess!
Articles tell you to pick something like P4prtu09mm, which is both short enough fro a computer to guess and impossible for people to remember, so you have to write it down.....silly.
Pick a string of odd words that makes more than 15 characters, and your password is strong enough for any practical purpose. For example: pirate kraft silly, or will needs shorts--impossible to guess by brute force, and easy to remember. Don't use your family's names, tho a name of somewhere you no longer live, or a pet you no longer have is ok. Just remember to make it long enough!
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