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Choosing A Password: Mind the Letters and Words in Your Password
By Radhika Venkata
Don't choose predictable passwords like ascending or descending numbers
or letters like 'abcjohn'. TIP: See the example of the password below-
"I met two of my Friends one week back" can be chosen as password: 'Im2omF1wb'- Don't choose the following as your password:
- Names
- Birthdays
- Family names
- Words from dictionary
- Telephone numbers
- Social security numbers
- Street names
- Celebrities names
- Change your password frequently, often 4 - 6 months.
- Always use random letters like 'nK/Gv4sS0'.
Use both uppercase and lowercase letters.- Always use different passwords for different accounts. If you have one main password to different password protected folders keep one password for each folder.
- Most common mistake everybody do is emailing passwords. Instead of using the utility 'Forgot password?' on login pages, write down all your passwords in a book and keep it in a safe place.
- When ever you sign up for an account they will send you a username and password. Note them and delete the emails especially with free accounts like Yahoo and Hotmail.
- Don't tell anyone your password. If it is a must then change it to different one.
- Use long passwords preferably more than 6 characters. See the chart here: (Provided by tamingthebeast.com)
- Don't check the 'Remember the password' checkbox in your 'Enter Network password' pop up window.
| Password characters | Password Format | Time taken to track down |
| 4 charac | both lower or upper case | less than few seconds |
| 4 charac | both lower & upper | less than few seconds |
| 8 charac | both lower or upper | approx 58 hrs |
| 8 charac | both lower & upper | approx 7 years |
| 10 charac | both lower or upper | approx 5 years |
| 10 charac | both lower & upper | approx 4648 yrs |
| 10 charac | both lower&upper and numbers | approx 26984 yrs |
Radhika Venkata (c)
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