On Passwords
If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It HackMe
Excerpt:
Back at the dawn of the Web, the most popular account password was “12345.”
Today, it’s one digit longer but hardly safer: “123456.”
Comment: Our work password rules: At least one UPPER CASE. lower case OK. Must have at least one symbol like !@#$%^&*/. Must have alpha characters. And must have numeric as well. Must be changed every 60 days. Must not repeat. If you (or someone else) attempts to access a password protected site or workstation with an incorrect password (as I recollect twice but it may be three times), the site, server, workstation, etc is locked out for that user account.
Simplest way to make a password safe is to form a phrase. The more cryptic it is does not make it any safer. What makes a PW safe is the length.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing for windows machines is to make your password longer than 15, I believe. Windows is unable to store passwords longer than 15. So there is not a chance of someone hacking your computer to steal your password. (Win 7 may have changed this, or maybe 64 bit OS also)
I'm rethinking the whole password thing because I haven't changed my online banking password in 14 years and it is not really that complex.
ReplyDeleteIt is not stupid like 123456 but it is not highly secure either