Donnerstag, 9. April 2009

choosing secure password

The goal is to create easy to remember, convertible and secure passwords, so that you can be sure, that only YOU control what goes into and comes out of your different accounts.

This is an approach, you should try: Build passwords using two parts:

* the strong static part with at least 8 characters and
* the changeable part to remember the purpose of the usage


Let’s start with the Static Part:

You can make a password much more secure by mixing different types of characters. Use some uppercase letters along with lowercase letters, numbers and even special characters such as '!' or ';'. Very important is that you have to find a good way to remember it. A good way to do this is to choose the first letters of a sentence that you will remember.

e.g.

Every morning at 7; I kiss my Honey! Ema7;IkmH!
Brayn Adams - Back in the summer of '69 BA-Bitso69


The Changeable Part:

Try to find short terms for the different uses.

e.g.

Hotmail Account hot1 or hot2
Ebay Account ebay or ey
Bank Account
city or cy
My Blog
blog or bg



That’s it! “Glue” both parts together and you have nice passwords for different purposes that you can easily remember.

My bank account: cyEma7;IkmH!
My mail password: hot1Ema7;IkmH!

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