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Choosing A Secure Password!

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Source: linux-tip.net - Posted by Bill Keys

Here is my question: Are “cyEma7;IkmH!” or “hot1BA-Bitso69” secure passwords? Yes definitely, but who (the hell) can remember it! YOU WILL - after reading this article! Your passwords play a crucial role in protecting your computing accounts and the personal information that can be accessed through them. One of the problems with passwords is that users forget them. For that reason people use simple password phrases like their dog’s name, their kid’s first name and birthdates, the name of the current month or everything in different combinations. I feel that secure passwords are one of the most important security practice any computer user can do. What do you think? How secure and useful are your passwords?

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Remember Passwords by using them

Written by emu on 2009-01-08 10:06:03

I consider my choice of passwords fairly secure and yet have little trouble remembering quite a few. I rarely need to look one up in my password safe. In my experience the key to remembering a password is to actually use it. If I type it in every day, there's virtually no chance that I could forget it. In that respect I consider browsers that remember passwords for you harmful. Of course it's convinient, but it makes you forget the password - and sometimes even worse, users rely on their browser as a sort of password safe in itself.

Thanks

Written by Mike on 2009-01-08 12:57:33

Nice tip

Not bad and a nice change to remember it

Written by Frank on 2009-01-14 04:40:43

Thanks Linux-Tip.net

Linux Admin

Written by bijit on 2009-01-14 08:54:46

I guess, one does not have to remember password in mind at the same it is virtually impossible to remeber all the complex passwords like the ones given as examples. One can keep them in teir diary or a notebook. I say this because, imagine a situation where one needs keep track of 50 + servers root passwords and all of them are very complex ones. How do u do that? I best way to note them in a diary or your personal notebook...thats what I follow... others may have different ideas :-). But COMPLEX PASSWORD is MUST to keep strangers away !!

Written by Djo on 2009-01-20 06:49:18

Using those passwords are the best way to remmember them. I personly use 4 passwords (very complex ones) depending on the type of things to be secured. let's say web sites passwords, financials (or private things), servers access (with my username), and specific apps passwords. That means that all the web sites were I have an account have the same password (except banking), all my financials acceses have the same password etc.. I change these passwords every 3 monthes (It takes me half a day to do all the changes) but I never lose my password, and I always remember them. for the very specific paswords (such as root acceses) I have implemented a 4 eyes policy in the company, the root passwrd is splitted into two segments, one segment is known by the admins, the other one is in the safe were only two persons have access. each time the second part is used, it is changed by a new one.

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