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I use upper-case, lower-case, integers, and symbols. They're all right next to my computer in a notebook. Or, my list of passwords is encrypted using gpg (or similar) and I just need to decrypt that list whenever I need the password for my online banking account.
I use upper-case, lower-case, integers, and symbols. They're all right next to my computer in a notebook. Or, my list of passwords is encrypted using gpg (or similar) and I just need to decrypt that list whenever I need the password for my online banking account.
"I love easy cheese on a cracker with a smoked baby clam" becomes ILECOACWASBC. (It's sounds gross, I know, but it is one of my favorite snacks--and not one of my passwords!!!)
I've used the same five or so passwords since I started using computers, but I rotate them every few months and occasionally change the scramble so something like.
pas5word
becomes
pa5sw0rd
So far it's worked very well and I've never had anything hacked yet. *knock wood*...
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I've used the same five or so passwords since I started using computers, but I rotate them every few months and occasionally change the scramble so something like.
pas5word
becomes
pa5sw0rd
So far it's worked very well and I've never had anything hacked yet. *knock wood* [show less]
It really depends on the context of the password. For system access / google I use a complex password with numbers and symbols, non dictionary of course. For something trivial I use a standard root with prefix ans suffix specific to the site and containing the date the account was initiated.
I store passwords in the os x keychain application manually. The password to access that is only in my brain, is at least 15 characters long, usually a long acronym, with some of the letters replaced with symbols.
I like the OS X Keychain, but I find myself needing my passwords when I'm not at my machine and it's not accessible, so keep my GPG encrypted list stashed away in various places that I can get to remotely.
So, I setup an on-line password generator site for people to use, then keep track of the remote IP of the requester, as well as the list of crazy-random password suggestions for that requester, and then use those passwords in an attack against the requester. That'd be somewhat diabolical!
I use complex, non-word passwords
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It really depends on the context of the password. For system access / google I use a complex password with numbers and symbols, non dictionary of course. For something trivial I use a standard root with prefix ans suffix specific to the site and containing the date the account was initiated.
I store passwords in the os x keychain application manually. The password to access that is only in my brain, is at least 15 characters long, usually a long acronym, with some of the letters replaced with symbols.
Good to see ya Dan! Still in Chicago?
I like the OS X Keychain, but I find myself needing my passwords when I'm not at my machine and it's not accessible, so keep my GPG encrypted list stashed away in various places that I can get to remotely.
Speaking of strong passwords: http://blog.modwest....password.html
I was just thinking how an on-line strong password generator could be used to build an attacking dictionary for each referring link.
Not sure I follow, but maybe I do.
So, I setup an on-line password generator site for people to use, then keep track of the remote IP of the requester, as well as the list of crazy-random password suggestions for that requester, and then use those passwords in an attack against the requester. That'd be somewhat diabolical!
I was thinking of the referring URL.
The lack of https and a valid certificate would also put me off.