[olug] The Usability of Passwords

John Serafino lzrblade at gmail.com
Tue Mar 29 23:54:49 UTC 2011


Extremely good.

This is basically what I've been doing for a couple years now. I just also
use mixed case with numbers and symbols as well. I wonder how long it would
take to crack one of mine...

One thing I would have added, would be that passwords need not last for
years if you are changing them as often as you should. A slightly simpler
password that takes a month to crack, can be just as secure as long as you
change it regularly. That is, unless you're being held while someone is
trying to get at your data.

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Jay Hannah <jhannah at mutationgrid.com>wrote:

> An excellent article:
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> http://www.baekdal.com/tips/password-security-usability
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> Thanks,
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> Jay Hannah
> Software Architect
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John



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