Should I care if "John" finds my password.
Still learning to use Linux, just for a laugh I tried the John program on /etc/shadow and in 41 seconds it showed my password on the screen. So for a moment I thought "OMG My Passord Is Teh Suxxor" but then I thought, who the hell cares?
A real attacker wouldn't be able to get at the password file unless they already had root access, in which case they wouldn't bother with my password would they?
Guilty of not putting enough information in my post ...
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.