Comments on: Good Passwords http://www.dannorris.com/2007/08/17/good-passwords/ Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:10:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Bradley http://www.dannorris.com/2007/08/17/good-passwords/comment-page-1/#comment-92 David Bradley Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:31:45 +0000 http://www.dannorris.com/2007/08/17/good-passwords/#comment-92 I’ve mentioned the following idea elsewhere, but if you are having trouble thinking or remembering good passwords, then you should check out my passwords for scientists concept (anyone can use it, of course). http://www.sciencetext.com/passwords-for-scientists.html In this approach all you need to be able to remember is a simple compound name (think viagra, aspirin, phentermine) and apply the principles I suggest. You'll have a very strong password that no one will be able to bruteforce and even if you write down the key no one will know how to apply your mods to get the actual password. Dave Bradley I’ve mentioned the following idea elsewhere, but if you are having trouble thinking or remembering good passwords, then you should check out my passwords for scientists concept (anyone can use it, of course).

http://www.sciencetext.com/passwords-for-scientists.html

In this approach all you need to be able to remember is a simple compound name (think viagra, aspirin, phentermine) and apply the principles I suggest.

You’ll have a very strong password that no one will be able to bruteforce and even if you write down the key no one will know how to apply your mods to get the actual password.

Dave Bradley

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