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Ah! the ASCII character set........................ need to be a bit careful there, as a lot of systems have "illegal/reserved" characters.
And some (not mentioning any names) will accept the creation of an illegal password and then not let you log in with it :D
Mind you, if you can include the ASCII set, you greatly increase the possibilities and hence the difficulty of a successful crack.
You are, of course, quite right to point out that I'm not always able to use obscure ascii characters in my passwords, nihil. My apologies if I was misleading, that wasn't my intention, just posting too fast, i.e. not thinking! lol
I do like to use obscure characters in passwords wherever possible as it adds to their strength.
I hope I have added just a little value to the topic. Heh heh.
I had a buddy who someone got into his machine. He formatted like a good boy should they put it back on the net with ssh open. Guess who came back a second time and had the keys for the front door.
If you get p0wned by someone who has time and energy chances are they will at least come back for a second look around some time.
p.s. I always use a fake email address with upper and lower cases. i.e. [email protected] because its easy to remember and uses lots of stuff.... but then again my memory is crappy.
:)
ya, i find that that system works really well for me. i usually use phrases that have to do with something important to me, like a family member, girlfriend, most commonly God, etc. it makes it easy and can get pretty long. i also mix in the ascii set that simple simon was talking about and a few of my favorite numbers in various positions of the password. i have a terrible memory too, so i standardized my passwords a lil so i use some of them in a lot of places depending on how public they are and what data im securing with em and then i made myself a master list (hard copy under my printer in my bedroom, as long as no one from AO is looking through my window i think im good :P ) so i wont forget. all just my 2 cents on passwordsQuote:
Originally Posted by ech0
I usually use a looooong passphrase for my critical passwords. Something like, "I have an Alienware Area 51 computer" and remove the spaces. So my password in this instance would be, "IhaveanAlienwareArea51computer", which is a pretty strond password. I usually use my mobile phone model number, my laptop model number etc., in the phrase.
Cheers,
cgkanchi
PS: I do not have an Alienware computer, though I'd love to :D
You could always add salt :)