Creating 's3Kur3' Passwords
Tuesday April 4, 2006
Despite advances in biometric and other authentication technologies, the password remains as the primary line of defense between an attacker and your personal information in most cases. Users struggle to find a balance between passwords that are strong enough to provide secure protection, but easy enough to remember that they don't lock themselves out of their own systems. This article provides tips to help you create strong passwords that are easy for you to remember but difficult for would-be attackers to crack. Creating Secure Passwords
Comments
Tony, you have a lot of great advice here. While I take passwords very seriously, I admit I’ve been lax in one area you mention in that I haven’t been changing passwords frequently enough. Thanks for the reminder.
I constantly have to have new passwords sent to me from some sites because I can’t remember what I used. This happens most often on sites I don’t use very often. Even if I used a common or personal name I tend to forget which name I used where.
You might want to check out PwdHash. It’s a tool developed at Stanford that allows you to have your browser automatically generate unique passwords for each website that you visit.