Mire Stoude
The Undesirables
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Posted - 2010.10.14 04:24:00 -
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Originally by: Mr Kidd Edited by: Mr Kidd on 13/10/2010 15:16:57 Edited by: Mr Kidd on 13/10/2010 15:06:24 CCP ought to allow the use of all 255 ANSI characters. That would make for some secure passwords.
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You know we once had someone working for us who had her current city of residence and some date as her password? She still wrote it down and taped the paper to her monitor. No password remembering scheme will help regular users.
It is impractical to expect people to remember every password for every site/system/program that requires it. These days it's too voluminous. And as we get older our abilities to remember "secure" passwords becomes increasingly difficult. Those of you in your teens, twenties and early thirties may not be able to empathize, but it's true. My best advice is for users to write down their passwords but, keep it on their person in a wallet or purse. Keeping a password list in electronic format, even with password managers, is a single point of epic failure. A physical list of passwords with just enough information to remind you what they're for, imo, is a better option. Most hackers will never have physical access to you or your belongings. My passwords for things I deem requiring "secure" passwords are generally over 10 character longs with letters, numbers, case. That's over a dozen complex passwords. There's no way I can remember them all, especially those that I use maybe once a month.
Another advantage of having a physical list of passwords is if lost or stolen, you'll know it and relatively quickly compared to an electronic format that may have been compromised, copied and distributed with little to no evidence for you to detect the breach.
This... At work I have a password to log into the computer which must be reset every 3 months and we can "nevar" reuse them. This usually is not a problem. However, we also have up to 8 different programs we have to log in and out of on a regular basis which require their own passwords. Each of which must be reset every 2-6 months (different lengths for each program). Some programs I use daily and can remember the passwords, but some I may use only once a week and may forget the passwords (or try the wrong one repeatedly). And if we get them wrong more than 3 times, we are locked out and have to call IT.
Also, to the OP: I think these guys have the combination to your luggage.
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