Post by Peterj on Aug 10, 2017 10:56:25 GMT
We all should know the importance of computer security especially on the Internet. Past guidance suggested to use cryptic passwords that are almost impossible to remember such as
The issue with this is humans generally have a really hard time remembering and computers don't have a hard time breaking them. Using a simple pass phrase sprinkled with some clever character substitution will be easy for humans to remember and infinitely difficult for computers to break. An example using common words: apple plate oven pie would look like this ...
In this case most site's requirements are met. Other substitutions I commonly use:
^t1Zk)5&d
The issue with this is humans generally have a really hard time remembering and computers don't have a hard time breaking them. Using a simple pass phrase sprinkled with some clever character substitution will be easy for humans to remember and infinitely difficult for computers to break. An example using common words: apple plate oven pie would look like this ...
ApplePlat3OvenP!e
Each word is capitalized, number 3 substitutes for letter e, and ! (exclamation point) substitutes for letter i In this case most site's requirements are met. Other substitutions I commonly use:
- @ a
- $ s
- 7 t
- ( c
Two online references:
