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::Secrets to the best passwords

Friday, July 11, 2003

I got these tips to secrets to the best password at ComputerWorld:

Secrets to best passwordsUse keywords related to a theme.

Choose a common, significant event: a honeymoon, the birth of a child, a new car, a new job.

Substitute numbers for letters based upon their appearance. With a little imagination, you can visualize numbers that bear resemblance to letters.

When you create a password, substitute a number where a letter would appear, according to the chart above. Some examples:

  • scuba becomes 5cu8a
  • water becomes w4t3r
  • icecream becomes 1c3cr34m

Consistently capitalize the nth letter(s) of your password. Some systems require that at least one character be uppercase.

Avoid predictable week-to-week or month-to-month changes. One example of a predictable pattern to avoid: eyesJan01, eyesFeb02, eyesMar03, etc.

Substitute numbers for letters based upon their appearance. With a little imagination, you can visualize numbers that bear resemblance to letters.

So when you create a password, carry out the substitution from the chart. Some examples:

  • scuba becomes sc7ba
  • purple becomes 07r0l3
  • rocket becomes 49ck35

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