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Old 08-07-2008, 10:24 AM   #1
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Strong Passwords

Since I still do not feel that I am quite qualified to answer many of the question about train on this site I decided to contribute another way rather than just be a leach. So this will be a start of many posts on a topic I know more qualified to talk about.

Strong Passwords

What is a strong password?
A strong password is one that contains combination numbers, special characters, upper case letters, and lower case letters. The length of a password can increase the strength but length alone does not make a strong.

Why use a strong password?
To keep your personal information safe and to help prevent a hacker from using your personal account or computer to attack other accounts and computers.

Is their an easy way to use strong passwords that I can remember for all the various sites and logons I have?

YES. Create a personal password algorithm.

What is a password algorithm and how do I use it to remember my strong password?
It is using a strong password (Something you have) as a repeated base and combining it with something that you know. For example a strong base could be something like D^e2)8 and I would combined that with some type of rule like the first and last later of the user name or web site. Say I was creating a new user account on www.intensemuscle.com and my user name was JohnSmo. I would use D^e2)8ie or D^e2)8jo as my password.

Using a password algorithm means you can write down the strong base password on a card and not worry about someone finding it as they will not know your rule.

Also using a rule that is based off of the site name you are on will also give you a unique password for each site you use on the Internet. So if one site should become compromised you will not have to reset all your other passwords at other sites.


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Old 08-07-2008, 12:08 PM   #2
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Old 08-07-2008, 07:32 PM   #3
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