Re: Password Strength

Posted by Tao Tong on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Password-Strength-tp6673797p6677022.html

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But "correct horse battery staple" are composed of all common dictionary
words, and it is not immune to dictionary attack. co01ho02ba03st04 is a
little better.

Better still, from a phrase like this:

Go ahead, make my day.

you get gammd from the first letters from each word, then throw in some
variations, such as gAmmD0809

Shoud be much better, easy to remember, hard to crack.



On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Martin Wessendorf <[hidden email]> wrote:

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> Dear List--
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> I can't say I've ever sent a link for a webcomic to the confocal list, but
> here goes.
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> http://xkcd.com/936/
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> (As far as I know, clicking on this link will not infect your computer with
> a virus or take you to a porn site.)
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> Anybody able to verify or disprove this?  Intuitively, it makes sense, but
> so do a lot of things that are wrong.
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