[OT] secure passwords (was Re: is it rational to close the 139 port)
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 08:31:56PM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 06:15:26PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote:
> > On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:54:14 -0500
> > John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello John,
> >
> > >Brad Rogers writes:
> > >> Yeah, on a Post-It note. Stuck to the monitor.
> > >That's what people do when you tell them not to write it down. _Tell_
> > >them to write it down and tell them _how_.
> >
> > As it happens, I agree with you; write 'em down, and keep 'em safe.
>
> Or just have one, but make it a good 'un, and never tell anyone.
<snip>
If a password is any place but in your head I question its
security but here's a scheme for secure passwords that are not
subject to dictionary lookups and are easy to remember.
Take a name and a number out of your childhood that you'll
remember forever like your first pet and the first phone number
you memorized, scrambled together. For instance: Spottie and 765-4321,
becomes S7p6o5t4t3i2e1. Now throw in a little punctuation:
..S7p6o5t4t3i2e1!! and you have a password that's personal, easy to
remember and quite difficult to crack. Don't take my word for it,
take your password to GRC.com or another password checker on the web
and see for yourself.
Walk with Light,
Mike
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Satisfied user of Linux since 1997.
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