Hacking Tips & Tricks | Ever Eager | Amin Jariwala

Tuesday 5 April 2011

5 Rules: How To Make Strong Passwords

1. Be seven or fourteen characters long, due to the way in which encryption works. For obvious reasons, fourteen characters are preferable.
2. Contain both uppercase and lowercase letters. ('A' and 'a' are different)
3. Contain numbers. (like 1,2,3....)
4. Contain symbols, such as ` ! " ? $ ? % ^ & * ( ) _ - + = { [ } ] : ; @ ' ~ # | \ < , > . ? /
5. Contain a symbol in the second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth position (due to the way in which encryption works).
Other things to remember are:
6. Not resemble any of your previous passwords.
7. Not be your name, your friend's or family member's name, or your login.
8. Not be a dictionary word or common name.

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